Any RC pilots on here?

[Black Sheep]

I have, sat on my desk a new, un-flown RC plane (and a weather forcast of a weekend of fog ) and was wondering if there were any other RC pilots on here?

trying to decide for my first flight if i should follow the guide book for it and hand launch or just sit it into the wind and do a rolling launch as I'm convinced I'll mess up a hand launch and wondered if anyone had any advice?

its a Hobbyzone mini supercub.

 

[GM]

Me and my son use to do RC flying. I would strongly advise you to go to a Flying Club, if you haven't flown one of these before I am sure some of the members will give you all the help you need. Its not as easy as it looks and can be quite dangerous, be prepared for having a lot of crash landings which can mean doing a bit of expensive repair work. Good luck!

 

[upsidedown]

I bought my son one of those mini rc helicopters last year. While demonstrating my prowess with all things mechanical to him I flew it into the fridge door, snapping the rotors off. So my advice would be to not launch anything in your kitchen.

 

[rusky]

Me and my son use to do RC flying. I would strongly advise you to go to a Flying Club, if you haven't flown one of these before I am sure some of the members will give you all the help you need. Its not as easy as it looks and can be quite dangerous, be prepared for having a lot of crash landings which can mean doing a bit of expensive repair work. Good luck!

<br>Agreed, find a local club on the BMFA website. Flying clubs are like any other, there will be loads of people willing to help you learn.

 

[Fnaar]

I bought my son one of those mini rc helicopters last year. While demonstrating my prowess with all things mechanical to him I flew it into the fridge door, snapping the rotors off. So my advice would be to not launch anything in your kitchen.

That's such a 'dad' thing to do

A bit like tuning the kid's new guitar on Christmas morning, and snapping a string (and you didn't buy spares)... been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

... been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

I've got a t-shirt with 'real dads don't read instructions' printed on it

 

[Aperitif]

Mark Grant, of this parish will be out of the pub in a few hours, and be able to give advice I'm sure. He has a fair bit of experience in RC stuff...(before he found cycling, hang-gliding, trekking, family, work, para-gliding and all the other things that lazy sods get up to instead of festering on the internet! )

I can't help - I'm a fly by night.

 

[beanzontoast]

I bought my son one of those mini rc helicopters last year. While demonstrating my prowess with all things mechanical to him I flew it into the fridge door, snapping the rotors off. So my advice would be to not launch anything in your kitchen.

Went through two of them in successive Christmases. If we had a bigger house (or if I'd dared to go outdoors with them) they wouldn't have suffered terminal rotor damage. Hairs were the other thing - get one of those wrapped round the tail rotor and you can kiss goodbye to control!

 

[Smokin Joe]

I think you can get computer simulators which come with a lead to plug the transmitter into the pc and let you get the feel of flying in safety.

I know from RC cars and motorcycles you can get into an unholy muddle with even two stick controls as a rookie and have some spectacular prangs. Cars generally bounce if you hit something, planes fall apart.

Radio control is an absorbing hobby.

 

[Black Sheep]

Due to the nature of the plane it's not really a flying club plane as it's one of those polystyrene park flyer ones.

I've been doing radio controled models for just under 20 years, just never planes.

watched the tutorial video the other day and followed it to the letter, however, despite checking weather conditions, a gust of wind caught it on launch, turned it and it cartwheeled into the ground breaking the tail

I'm off to find some PVA and glue it back together

 

[Norm]

I bought my son one of those mini rc helicopters last year. While demonstrating my prowess with all things mechanical to him I flew it into the fridge door, snapping the rotors off. So my advice would be to not launch anything in your kitchen.

We started with one of those, then graduated through a couple of E-Flites which are great fun, especially the MCX. Fantastic heli, really stable and easy to fly and, IMO, well worth the extra cost over one of the market-stall specials.

Both the current ones have coaxial blades, I'm hoping that Santa will be sorting something with a tail rotor, like the 120SR.

 

[tjsc1]

Hi Black sheep

Just coming out of the sport....used to fly planes, heli's, and gliders......not very good mind you, but was great fun. the most important thing is to join a club and get insurance, even if your going to fly over in the park, there are a lot of risks to the sport!!
The people in my club were so friendly that I didnt mind just going up there to have a laugh. But have now sold up to get a bike for health and fitness.
The sport is freat fun, but get insurance. My membership to the club/BMFA (which includes the insurance) was about £100.
Terry

 

[rusky]

We started with one of those, then graduated through a couple of E-Flites which are great fun, especially the MCX. Fantastic heli, really stable and easy to fly and, IMO, well worth the extra cost over one of the market-stall specials.

Both the current ones have coaxial blades, I'm hoping that Santa will be sorting something with a tail rotor, like the 120SR.

The Blade mSR is great fun & take a load of abuse before they break! I'm with you though, I would love a mSR!

 

[Inertia]

By coincidence someone sent me this clip recently, I think it would take some practice to fly one of these

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]View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTHWBSluUjU[/media]

 

[beanzontoast]

Hi Black sheep

Just coming out of the sport....used to fly planes, heli's, and gliders......not very good mind you, but was great fun. the most important thing is to join a club and get insurance, even if your going to fly over in the park, there are a lot of risks to the sport!!
The people in my club were so friendly that I didnt mind just going up there to have a laugh. But have now sold up to get a bike for health and fitness.
The sport is freat fun, but get insurance. My membership to the club/BMFA (which includes the insurance) was about £100.
Terry

A good few years back a large RC plane from a display we went to went out of control and vanished over the trees. We learned later it crashed into the roof of a house in a nearby street and embedded itself in it. I couldn't believe something so small - maybe a metre across - could penetrate a tiled roof, but it did. Must have been going at a fair lick when it hit it.