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Hi, does any one here know any good glo rc planes for beginners. ? I have had experience with begginer electric and played a lot of sims. Something that is affordable fun and ready built.
I used to!
I would suggest a glider to start - simple, cheap and relatively slow. If you go to places where other people are flying, you can usually use their bungees for a tow to avoid buying one from the start.
EDIT - sorry, just spotted 'glo' by which I assume then you're talking about non-electric powered planes. In which case best start saving 🙂
Im a semi interested party as id like to get involved at some point, lost hours to watching:
http://www.youtube.com/user/flitetest
seems like a lot of advice on there
Best thing you can do is to look for your nearest BMFA affiliated club and pay them a visit.
You'll get plenty of advice from like minded people and somebody there should be able to give you some lessons (which should be free if you join the club).
It will get very expensive very quickly without a bit of help. To start with just take a look at any 40 size high wing trainer.
What Pocketrocket said.
Is there any reason you want to go with glow? It is a lot more faffing and can be messy too.
I always think the Multiplex stuff is as good a place to start as any.
If you want a traditional style trainer look at the Mentor.
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Love this site some times always helpful people no matter what the topic:P Hi mainly want to go with glo for something different you know. Had a lot of electric planes just beginner ones but I want to try a nitro with a little bit more power. Just so i can say I have tried both which will help me decide my future plane. lol. A lot of people recommended me the Alpha 40 which has had great reviews. I can buy it with a engine of my choice Electric or Combustion for around £200 of ebay. I wouldn't say i was a inexperienced beginner , but never had a petrol plane.
Their used to be a club near me it unfortunately god closed down as the land owner was worried about the turbine models flying to close to his house. I will need to have a look for one, but i used to watch the turbines plaines and they were awesome.
Another reason for nitro, is id like a plain that is stable still easy to fly but with a bit more power, thing i can handle a quicker plain, touch wood.
no reason why you couldn't get a nitro trainer, say .40 size, and then convert it to electric flight. The range of brushless electric motors these days is astounding and you should easily be able to get hold of an equivalent to a .40 size engine. probably for less than said .40 size engine. Electric flight isn't just for lightweights, have a look at some of Tony Nijhuis' designs (google is your friend here)
downside? batteries take time to charge, so make sure you get a few; a decent LiPo charger could be quite expensive but once you've bought, you don't need to buy it again
upside? quieter, cleaner, some sites are silent flight only; when you've finished flying, no messy fuel to suck out of the tank & back into the canister. no fuel pump or starter motor required (although as with the charger, once you've bought them, you don't need to buy again)
If you are flying anywhere public then you are best off sticking with electric. Just use a bigger battery if you really want to go faster.
Unless you are already familiar with setting up an engine the club route is best. A club will be able to help get it going and help with the inevitable dead stick landings.
FWIW I only fly electric at my club and my planes are some of the fastest and most powerful there (and the cleanest).
P.S. get some insurance (if you don't already have it) even a trainer can be lethal.
I used to fly them as a kid ! I found gliders much more interesting but I lived in an area where I had fields to fly from with good thermals and hills to do ridge soaring. Electric didn't exist in my day and the fuelled two stroke ones could be right beasts, very quick. The electric does sound a good idea. Also what @jim says re-insurance, I had a few crashes and it's not hard to see how that could be dangerous.
As a cheap and cheerful you might consider the little indoor helicopters. I got bought one for my birthday (Chinook) and they are great fun and they give you a feeling for the controls. Something to get you started and master the left/right type stuff depending on whether the aircraft is flying away from or towards you.