Sky Fun Airplane

I'm crackin up already....

Go to a local RC club , they can guide you better than we can ( or there must be a RC nut among us)

http://www.rc-airplane-world.com/washington-rc-airplane-clubs.html

Greetings LPCS,

I downloaded a flight simulator from the website of the hobby shop were I bought my P-51D.

The RC remote plugs into your computer via a USB cable and away you go!

I have been using the simulator on and off (mostly off) for about 3 years now.

Still have not had my bird up in the air yet but she looks real pretty hanging from the ceiling of my office though (and I can't crash it that way)

Still kind of nervous about actually flying mine

Maybe after a few more flight sim lessons I will feel more confident

All joking aside, a flight sim is the best way to go initially and as Epke pointed out, an RC club is also a great idea.

Good luck and happy flying!

Regards KJK/USA

NICE 'Stang man!!! What brand is it? Scale and wingspan????? How many channels etc? Electric or gas?????????

I've got to get one of those puppies! After crashing my TopFlite F8F Bearcat into a Little League Baseball backstop several years ago, I've been crying ever since. Balsa wood and fiberglass itty bitty pieces all over the place.....like cheese through an electric grater.

"Basaball has NOT been good for me...."

It looks like a nice little aeroplane, but the message is "Don't. Not just yet, anyway". A few years ago I wrote an article for one of our modelling magazines entitled "The foolish pilot", the pilot being myself. In the belief that lots of solo hours in a full-size glider gave me sufficient understanding of the laws of aerodynamics to fly anything small, I proceeded to crash a number of planes until the skill arrived to fly something like that. RC flying is terrific fun, but do start with a much easier model. My first was two-channel twin motor (both motors for up, one motor for steering, no motor for down). It could fly only in calm conditions. The next one is the one I would recommend for you as a starter: 3 channel (motor, rudder, elevator) with a high wing and a pusher propeller. The high wing gives stability, the pusher prop results in less damage when (not if) you hit the ground. Look on eBay under "electric glider" for examples. You will come to realise that the Sky Fun is several models down the line. Also to note is that deaths have resulted from out-of-control aircraft. Join a club and get the insurance.

Oops! Just looked at the plane. Have to agree with phph001. This is no beginners plane! Do your wallet a favor and start out with a trainer, like he says.

You DID get an Owner's Manual with it didn't you?

I agree with others here, get an inexpensive cheapo model first and learn to fly it at the local RC club + get the insurance through membership to said club!

I am going to mimic lyn on this one. The buddy box system is, by far< the best way to learn to fly RC. I learned several years ago using this system.

In a nut shell, a skilled pilot takes your "buddy system" capable radio and flies your plane. A comperable radio is plugged into the first and when the skilled flyer pulls a switch, you get to fly the plane.

If you get messed up or confused, the trainer releases the switch and takes back control. As you fly, you learn the dos and don'ts of flying. It took about 20 trainer flights before I was ready to solo. By all means, learn on a trainer style plane, they are so much easier to fly.