beginning in planes

[turbo your .15]

im into rc cars but im thinking of trying flying with a small park flyer. i dont like big and fast i like small and easy to fly. and im looking into electric park planes because i can use my lithiums from my micro rs4 in them. either way i was wondering how the watt-ag lite sick and b-2 are for a begginer. and dose this real flight simulator that i got a few years ago help? can i upgrade that with the new g-2 pack?

[clawson]

Hi,

The Litestick is certainly a good place to start. Either that or the GWS Tiger Moth which a lot of people rate as one of the best parkflyers for starting out (and it looks like a REAL plane!).

As for sims I doubt whether it is worth paying money for a sim (or just an upgrade) these days when just about the best one available (certainly with the most 3rd party planes!) is a FREE download from:

FMS simulator (http://n.ethz.ch/student/mmoeller/fms/index_e.html)

Just to prove what a range of planes is available for it then have a look at this excellent Japanese site:

Shinichiro's FMS site (http://kimagure-hikoki.hoops.ne.jp/index_e.html)

If you look in the "hangar 3" you'll find his "Litemoth" model which is the GWS Tiger Moth and further down the page his "FK Stick" is basically a model of the Litestick.

By the way, I just had a quick look and found a model of the B2 for FMS as well. If you go to this German site:

Flying Baer/Georg Gerdes FMS models (http://www.flyingbaer.de/modelle.htm)

and follow the link for "Georg Gerdes" you'll see that he's done a model of the B2 slowflyer for FMS.

Cliff

[Vince]

I agree that the lite stick is a great place to start. Take a look at http://www.airdyn.com/ and browse to the famous lite stick page. More info than anywhere else on what you can do with this plane.
The Wattage B2 is not a good plane. It is under-powered. Some people have been able to make it work, and I did get many flights out of mine, but it was always a struggle to keep it in the air becuase it was so under-powered and was always on the verge of a stall. The lite stick or tiger moth would be a much better place to start.
Do you have a flying club nearby? Having the help of an experience pilot is the single best thing you can do to improve you chances of learning before you quit in disgust. The experienced pilot will help trim your plane for stable flight, launch it, and then let you fly after the plane is "3 mistakes high". Then the experienced pilot can help you analyze your mistakes for future improvement. I like the use of cheap simulators to help with control familiarity, but help from an experienced RC pilot is SO much more valuable.