The RC Aircraft thread

[Wideboy]

some how many people actually fly on here? and what?

Yes, helicopters and planks from sport to edf jets. Hoping to get into proper jets pretty soon. I'm also a BMFA examiner.

[yorkie_chris]

At the moment, no. Quite fancying either a flying wing with FPV camera or getting one of the TRex 450 copies and learning helis.

[Fallout]

Used to, but not for quite a while. I flew a load of cheap park fliers (E-Stater, SpitFire, ME109, P51-D), all foam. I also designed and built 4 planes. I made a weird thing with two pusher props, a mig 21 pusher, a B25 (took me about 150 hours) and then a delta wing EDF thing, all from depron. I'll post up some pics later.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

At the moment, no. Quite fancying either a flying wing with FPV camera or getting one of the TRex 450 copies and learning helis.

Chris, if you fancy the heli's you're probably better off with a 500 size clone. Not really that much more money to buy and get started with, but a whole lot less fidgety to fly. They do offer a better level of stability for learners but can be a little more intimidating. However bigger does fly better. Just my little bit of advice for what it's worth. If you do decide to pick up the gauntlet give me a shout and I'll be happy to help you out.

Paul

yup, rc helis but only a belt cpx (upgrading soon to something bigger and better, now i can actually fly them )
and currently fly a self build high wing foam trainer, and building a 1m span EPP ultimate 20-300

i mainly fly with the bath uni model club, but spend quite a bit of time on the sim too. when i'm back in worthing over the summer i plan to join the sussex radio flying club (local one to home)

[Wideboy]

well i fly both fixed and rotary; wots wot bipe (self build not the ARTF crap), acrowot (self build, nearly finished), extreme flight 58" extra, a 58" mustang with retracts, blaze glider, a paramount 3D hack about, cypher 3D, t-rex 450. all IC except the glider and heli's.

everyone i fly with flies 78" spans and over but personally, the idea of flying what is essentially half the price of a new bike, doesn't quite appeal to me.

like thus>>>>

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Noddy

Chris, if you fancy the heli's you're probably better off with a 500 size clone. Not really that much more money to buy and get started with, but a whole lot less fidgety to fly. They do offer a better level of stability for learners but can be a little more intimidating. However bigger does fly better. Just my little bit of advice for what it's worth. If you do decide to pick up the gauntlet give me a shout and I'll be happy to help you out.

Paul

What was putting me off a 500 was higher costs of everything and more inertia to break stuff!

Not sure how many crashes I'm likely to have and what they're likely to break though really.

Yeah, I see what you mean and you're right. But with the right tuition you can learn without crashing. As with any helicopter though you obviously have a substantial rotating mass which is what causes the most damage, be it a 450, 500 or even 600 sized machine. A 500 is surprisingly a lot less expensive than you might think. Have a butchers at Hobbyking, I've had loads of stuff from them and I think their gear offers great value for money.

[yorkie_chris]

It was more something to mess about with in the garden when I get a minute, tuition means actually driving to the club and interacting with humans

How would you rate the chances of success given practice on realflight then cracking on with a 450/500?

I think a 600 would be getting silly given the available space, is the 500 about the same as a .30 nitro?