rc spitfire for beginers
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my young son 9 year is very interested in anything ww11 aircraft related in particular spitfires
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he has asked if he can get a flying spitfire for christmas, now i have looked into them and it seems that they a hard to fly for someone with very limited rc experiance, and i dont want to end up with an unhappy boy and a bin bag full of spitfire on boxing day
so any advice is there a rc spit out there that is eay to fly and wont fall to bits first time w crash it
thanks
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he has asked if he can get a flying spitfire for christmas, now i have looked into them and it seems that they a hard to fly for someone with very limited rc experiance, and i dont want to end up with an unhappy boy and a bin bag full of spitfire on boxing day
so any advice is there a rc spit out there that is eay to fly and wont fall to bits first time w crash it
thanks
some of the foam type planes are fairly durable. I've got a mosquito and its pretty hardy but tbh isn't that an accurate version.
From what I've been told Spitfires are pretty tricky for a begineer to master.
Have you considered one of the training type computer programs?
They are noramally operated using a hand control that is pretty similar to a real r/c control.
From what I've been told Spitfires are pretty tricky for a begineer to master.
Have you considered one of the training type computer programs?
They are noramally operated using a hand control that is pretty similar to a real r/c control.
The Spitfire itself isn't hard to fly as long as you can fly to start with.
Starting out should be with a high wing trainer with tricycle undercarriage and once he masters that then progress on to something that will drop a wing as soon as you go dead stick and stick the prop through the turf on landing assuming it got off the ground first and didn't groundloop into the side of your car .
Tell him how wonderful Piper Cubs are.
Starting out should be with a high wing trainer with tricycle undercarriage and once he masters that then progress on to something that will drop a wing as soon as you go dead stick and stick the prop through the turf on landing assuming it got off the ground first and didn't groundloop into the side of your car .
Tell him how wonderful Piper Cubs are.
I would have a look on here-
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1119...
Get a couple of sheets of EPP foam for around a tenner, get yourself some radio gear, three servos and a couple of cheap batteries...........
Cut one out, glue it together, and away you go.
If/when it crashes, it will either bounce, or break. If it breaks, you glue it together again, and ten minutes later, you can be flying again.
I went through hundreds of designs of EPP planes. Once you have the radio gear and servos, you can build a new one in an hour.
You can scale them to whatever size you want- start small so you can use cheap batteries and motors.
Have a look at flyingwings.co.uk website- they do various foam type planes- you can buy a motor and anything else you may need to give you an idea of price- although giantcod is cheaper once you know what you want.
Sure, it wont look as realistic as a parkzone or similar in the air, but it will look close enough, and to learn on, well, they are cheap. Once he has got full control, you can move onto whatever you choose, but to learn on, stay cheap!!!
Have a look at this too- again, foam based, and you can build them for next to nothing (apart from time of course).
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64...
Feel free to Pm me if you need anything.
(edited due to forgetting to paste the 2nd link- I blame Gin)
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1119...
Get a couple of sheets of EPP foam for around a tenner, get yourself some radio gear, three servos and a couple of cheap batteries...........
Cut one out, glue it together, and away you go.
If/when it crashes, it will either bounce, or break. If it breaks, you glue it together again, and ten minutes later, you can be flying again.
I went through hundreds of designs of EPP planes. Once you have the radio gear and servos, you can build a new one in an hour.
You can scale them to whatever size you want- start small so you can use cheap batteries and motors.
Have a look at flyingwings.co.uk website- they do various foam type planes- you can buy a motor and anything else you may need to give you an idea of price- although giantcod is cheaper once you know what you want.
Sure, it wont look as realistic as a parkzone or similar in the air, but it will look close enough, and to learn on, well, they are cheap. Once he has got full control, you can move onto whatever you choose, but to learn on, stay cheap!!!
Have a look at this too- again, foam based, and you can build them for next to nothing (apart from time of course).
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64...
Feel free to Pm me if you need anything.
(edited due to forgetting to paste the 2nd link- I blame Gin)
Edited by Dusty964 on Friday 12th October 07:01
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