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Any RC Airplane Experts?
huntnphool:
--- Quote from: JohnVH on November 23, 2016, 03:20:19 PM ---Me flying my old BVM FJ-3 Fury with a Jetcat P70 Turbine at a buddies.
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That is crazy!
Thanks for the links guys. :tup:
lokidog:
Cool video JVH.
Agree, an electric motor would be good for a starter plane, it was always a hassle trying to troubleshoot the gas engines.
It seems with the slower flying electrics learning might be a lot easier than it used to be.
huntnphool:
--- Quote from: lokidog on November 23, 2016, 06:39:30 PM ---Cool video JVH.
Agree, an electric motor would be good for a starter plane, it was always a hassle trying to troubleshoot the gas engines.
It seems with the slower flying electrics learning might be a lot easier than it used to be.
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We were watching a couple guys out in Lakewood fly theirs, the planes were large and seemed to have a really good maximum glide and were not going so fast that my son might panic. Even when coming into land they seemed to float and not want to drop to the ground if power was not perfect.
lokidog:
--- Quote from: huntnphool on November 23, 2016, 06:42:52 PM ---
--- Quote from: lokidog on November 23, 2016, 06:39:30 PM ---Cool video JVH.
Agree, an electric motor would be good for a starter plane, it was always a hassle trying to troubleshoot the gas engines.
It seems with the slower flying electrics learning might be a lot easier than it used to be.
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We were watching a couple guys out in Lakewood fly theirs, the planes were large and seemed to have a really good maximum glide and were not going so fast that my son might panic. Even when coming into land they seemed to float and not want to drop to the ground if power was not perfect.
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The high wing trainers are good at floating. The wings generally have a lot of dihedral (the 'V' shape), which helps keep them upright and makes them very stable flyers. I learned to fly by taking over one of my friends' plane after he took off, flew for a bit then let him land. in the beginning, I usually had someone standing next to me to hand the controls to if needed. I crashed my plane a lot, and rebuilt it, a lot. I usually flew in areas with no runway, like over my grandfather's alfalfa field. I would hand launch and then try to catch it as it landed. It was a lot of fun. And now, with the cameras available, oh my, it could be a blast.
PA BEN:
The crash one of many