Tower Voyager

[ameittunen]

Does any body else have a tower vayager. I have one and it is great. let me know.

[texastbird]

Yeah, I've been flying one since June and it is a really nice flying plane. I have a .46 Royal on it and it likes an APC 11x5. I just wish it had Monokote instead of the sticky back crud. I mounted the engine at a 45 degree angle instead of inverted. Everything else is pretty much stock. I may get another one for backup in case the old "dumb thumbs" kick in.

[ameittunen]

i've only flown it a couple of times. It is awsome. They call it a step up but it is more than that, except for the landings, they are easy. I noticed that tower changed it from a good second plane to a intermediate to expert pattern flyer airplane. My plane has a airtronics 6 channel radio and is all stock. I have a o.s. blue .46 in it. It flys really good.

[texastbird]

Yeah, landings are fun. With a little breeze blowing I like to bring it in over the center of the runway and stall it with full up elevator with about a foot of altitude and it settles in with a zero roll out landing. But that's my only criticism of this plane--it won't snap. Good for an intermediate pilot though. And inverted flight has a lot of down elevator to hold altitude. But this is the most fun to fly plane I've had since my old Midwest Sweetstick.

[ameittunen]

my first plane was a tower trainer. i am thinking about getting a cap 232 for my third plane in about a year or so.

[texastbird]

I noticed in your profile that we have the same birthday, although I'm (ahem) a few years older. I'm glad to see some younger guys getting into R/C especially since you plan on staying with it long term. We always dream about our next plane, don't we. I hope you continue to enjoy and grow in the R/C hobby. (And don't forget to check out the AMA scholarship program.)
It may not take someone with good eyes, coordination, and determination a year to be ready for a Cap or Extra, the Voyager will be good training for that next step. It's faster than the Hanger 9 Cap 232 my flying buddy has, but it is much more stable. I hope you don't have to wait for next Christmas to get one.

[ameittunen]

i am going to wait at leat a year because teh cap costs alot of money. I also dont want to stop using my voyager. I might start driving rc cars too. My friend has some and they are awsome.

[BrokenChild]

So this plane wont snap, and flies good? Humm... I think they changed it from a good second plane to a more advanced rating because of its flying abilities. I like the looks. I had a Thunder Tiger Sport 40L and it flew a lot like what you guys are saying this one flies like...lots of down on inverted as well... Whats the current cost of this plane?

broken

[texastbird]

Yeah, my only criticism of the way this plane is designed is a lack of rudder area. Even with a lot of travel it doesn't have much authority. But its still a lot of fun for the way I like to fly it. I think it was purposely made this way to help keep the low time pilot out of trouble. It has helped this guy in getting back to flying after a long layoff and is still in one piece. And the price is right, about $100 when you catch them on sale at Tower. A great 2nd plane for the pilot that has mastered his high winger, and it will fly great with the same engine. Probably the same thing could be said for the TTlow winger, too.

[BrokenChild]

The TTsport was a little bit diffrent for me... I hadent flown anything like it before, and at first was underpowered. The last engine I had it in was a OS.704cy engine, and IT WAS GREAT!!

I couldnt do a whole lot with it due to my low stick time, back then, but I let a buddy fly it and he really impressed me. Its all in the thumbs I guess... Where can I buy thumbs like that..lol

[Taylorcraft]

Hehe, BrokenChild;

Hopefully I'll get my good thumbs (or fingers) from RealFlight.

One might say "learning by doing", but there should be a fat bank account to back up that proverb. At least when it comes to flying model airplanes in real life. And I don't have any fat bank account....

I've spent the last 20 years designing and building for others - OK, I have a couple of good planes myself, but I never really learned to fly'em!
Instead, when I'd crashed my plane for the "umphteenth" time trying to learn on my own (noone with time to teach me, and I also moved around quite a lot) I turned to helping others, fixing their engines, building their planes and see them succeed.

Now it's my turn!

It's still difficult but not impossible to get professional help so I bought the RealFlight sim to help me on the way.
So far I've crashed every plane in the sim several times, and I guess I've saved at least a couple thousand bucks doing it on my PC instead of IRL... I've also had a ball doing it! What crazy manouvers can I come up with this time?? :cool:

But the great thing is, I'm learning, if slowly, to wiggle the sticks in a way that can keep the plane off the ground for as long as I like, and bring it back to Terra Firma in one piece - when I want to. It will take time, OK. But 30-60 mins per day will hopefully do the trick until the snow disappears up here and I can go out and test my real planes. Then there'll be someone who can do some tweaking and help me hone my skills with advise and the guidance I always needed.

I'll do better now than before, I can't wait! :D

-Taylorcraft