Colorado Crawlers Flying Club

[DeaDShorT]

Originally Posted by tmyjeeper

Nice sig Stan!

Ty after my third dive bomb attack...
"Guys, where's my plane? Seriously, I don't see it."

Blame it on the wind messing with your landing approach

He should know better than to stand on the landing strip.

[TURTLE]

Originally Posted by tmyjeeper

Nice sig Stan!

Ty after my third dive bomb attack...
"Guys, where's my plane? Seriously, I don't see it."

Your mean. I had no idea were it was after diving out of the way. You would have freaked out too.

Originally Posted by DeaDShorT

Blame it on the wind messing with your landing approach

He should know better than to stand on the landing strip.

I guess thats what I can blame it on when I give Tim a hair cut.

Great shots Chad!

[Jocko]

Too funny!

[GATOROC]

Looks like a blast. I need to check it out next time you guys go.

[Jocko]

Originally Posted by GATOROC

Looks like a blast. I need to check it out next time you guys go.

Start saving some coin now, because you will be buying one if you hang with us for a day . CGuava went, and I think he is buying one this week

[jason]

I've been looking at more. If we're all gonna have warbirds, I might as well get my favorite one.



This one looks fun too with the 74" wingspan. It'd be fun to put a huge battery in it and go fly it around federal buildings.

[paintballer9876]

This is more what i would want from a predator drone from here, but my friend has that a10 and it looks good but is a little under powered if you buy the pnp or rtf versions. One thing to consider when ordering from a place like hobbyking, nitroplanes, bananahobby,etc they all use the cheapest electronics available and sometimes that causes failures. Just something to keep in mind if/when purchasing a very cheap plane.

[jason]

Originally Posted by paintballer9876

This is more what i would want from a predator drone from here,

That thing is cool.

Originally Posted by paintballer9876

they all use the cheapest electronics available and sometimes that causes failures. Just something to keep in mind if/when purchasing a very cheap plane.

I fly with Tim and Ty and sometimes that causes failures. Just something to keep in mind when choosing if you want to come flying with us.

[DeaDShorT]

Not quite as cool, but I like the large 61" wingspan, flaps, retracts and steerable tailwheel. It would make a cool GOpro platform

[paintballer9876]

Originally Posted by DeaDShorT

Not quite as cool, but I like the large 61" wingspan, flaps, retracts and steerable tailwheel. It would make a cool GOpro platform

blade in the front makes that difficult busher planes like uav's or multiplex funjets are best for that as my video shows of my balsa plane that is about the same size.

[Agama]

Originally Posted by paintballer9876

This is more what i would want from a predator drone from here, but my friend has that a10 and it looks good but is a little under powered if you buy the pnp or rtf versions. One thing to consider when ordering from a place like hobbyking, nitroplanes, bananahobby,etc they all use the cheapest electronics available and sometimes that causes failures. Just something to keep in mind if/when purchasing a very cheap plane.

I'm thinking of going with either a dx7 or the new dx8?? For the radio. Not sure which plane yet. I don't want anything so cheap that I have to replace it all anyway. However, I've never flown, so I'm sure I'll be crashing too. Might just start with the apprentice? Is there a better plane to start with?

[paintballer9876]

Originally Posted by Agama

I'm thinking of going with either a dx7 or the new dx8?? For the radio. Not sure which plane yet. I don't want anything so cheap that I have to replace it all anyway. However, I've never flown, so I'm sure I'll be crashing too. Might just start with the apprentice? Is there a better plane to start with?

It depends on what you want to do, if you are planning on buying any of the micro planes that parkzone/eflite have to offer then the spektrum is your best bet but i currently have a hitec aurora 9 and it seems to be light years ahead of my dx7 plus it can be had for $350 from here with a 7 channel receiver and 6 channel full range receivers are $50. I had 2 planes lose signal with dsm2 from specktrum one was a stock p51 and one was a small 3d plane that had a separate bec.

If you want to hear all the sides here is a good place to look LINK just watchout for all the fights

Do you have any simulator experience? if not then an apprentice with a buddy box that matches your transmitter and someone with experience may be good to keep your plane in one piece. If you have calm nerves and have simulator experience then you may be able to solo the plane but someone that knows how to fly should be buddy boxed with you. The bigger the plane the easier it is to fly however the more expensive it is to crash it, luckily the apprentice is foam and can easily glued back together with epoxy or even hot glue. The apprentice is as good of a plane as any to start with and you will step up at some time but because of the power of the plane and the high wing it may make for a good camera platform if you can find a place to miss the prop. If you want you can start with a t28 which is probably one of the easiest low wing planes out their to fly, but no matter what i would have an experienced pilot on the other end of the buddy box because for a newbie it can be a handful.

Now to show you what about 8 grand and a lot of practice can give you

[TURTLE]

Originally Posted by jason

I fly with Tim and Ty and sometimes that causes failures. Just something to keep in mind when choosing if you want to come flying with us.

Thats a fact.

Originally Posted by Agama

I'm thinking of going with either a dx7 or the new dx8?? For the radio. Not sure which plane yet. I don't want anything so cheap that I have to replace it all anyway. However, I've never flown, so I'm sure I'll be crashing too. Might just start with the apprentice? Is there a better plane to start with?

If you fly with us Im not sure you will ever need anymore then 5 or 6 channels.

With my current planes I only use rudder, ailerons, throttle, and elevator. The steerable landing gear is set up on a y harness with the rudder. Thats only 4 other then that, flaps and retracts are a possibility, but that has me maxed out at 6 channels. From my experience you really don't need the plane to have a lot of buttons and things going on to have fun.

What else could you possible want 7 or 8 channels for? (besides a heli).

Save some money on the radio and buy some extra parts for your plane, you'll need them if you fly with us.

[CGuava]

Originally Posted by TURTLE

Save some money on the radio and buy some extra glasses and binocs to find your plane, you'll need them if you fly with us.

Fixed for yah Turtle.

[Agama]

Originally Posted by paintballer9876

It depends on what you want to do, if you are planning on buying any of the micro planes that parkzone/eflite have to offer then the spektrum is your best bet but i currently have a hitec aurora 9 and it seems to be light years ahead of my dx7 plus it can be had for $350 from here with a 7 channel receiver and 6 channel full range receivers are $50. I had 2 planes lose signal with dsm2 from specktrum one was a stock p51 and one was a small 3d plane that had a separate bec.

If you want to hear all the sides here is a good place to look LINK just watchout for all the fights

Do you have any simulator experience? if not then an apprentice with a buddy box that matches your transmitter and someone with experience may be good to keep your plane in one piece. If you have calm nerves and have simulator experience then you may be able to solo the plane but someone that knows how to fly should be buddy boxed with you. The bigger the plane the easier it is to fly however the more expensive it is to crash it, luckily the apprentice is foam and can easily glued back together with epoxy or even hot glue. The apprentice is as good of a plane as any to start with and you will step up at some time but because of the power of the plane and the high wing it may make for a good camera platform if you can find a place to miss the prop. If you want you can start with a t28 which is probably one of the easiest low wing planes out their to fly, but no matter what i would have an experienced pilot on the other end of the buddy box because for a newbie it can be a handful.

Thanks for the info. I have very little flight simulator experince. Just hanging out in Hobbytown... I'll do some more research and try to make it out sometime. Right now I have to work weekends.

Originally Posted by TURTLE

Thats a fact.



If you fly with us Im not sure you will ever need anymore then 5 or 6 channels.

With my current planes I only use rudder, ailerons, throttle, and elevator. The steerable landing gear is set up on a y harness with the rudder. Thats only 4 other then that, flaps and retracts are a possibility, but that has me maxed out at 6 channels. From my experience you really don't need the plane to have a lot of buttons and things going on to have fun.

What else could you possible want 7 or 8 channels for? (besides a heli).

Save some money on the radio and buy some extra parts for your plane, you'll need them if you fly with us.

Thanks Ty, extra parts is a great idea. Does anyone ever fly on Monday's or Tuesday's? Those are my days off at the moment...

[TURTLE]

Originally Posted by Agama

Thanks Ty, extra parts is a great idea. Does anyone ever fly on Monday's or Tuesday's? Those are my days off at the moment...

If you want to come down to Lakewood on those days I can take you out flying between 9-1 and after 6pm on mondays and after 6pm on tuesdays.

[paintballer9876]

Originally Posted by Agama

Thanks for the info. I have very little flight simulator experince. Just hanging out in Hobbytown... I'll do some more research and try to make it out sometime. Right now I have to work weekends.




Thanks Ty, extra parts is a great idea. Does anyone ever fly on Monday's or Tuesday's? Those are my days off at the moment...

I have Mondays off for now so if your interested i can show you also just let me know. I almost always fly at cherry creek they have nice runway perched on a hill.

[Agama]

Originally Posted by TURTLE

If you want to come down to Lakewood on those days I can take you out flying between 9-1 and after 6pm on mondays and after 6pm on tuesdays.

Originally Posted by paintballer9876

I have Mondays off for now so if your interested i can show you also just let me know. I almost always fly at cherry creek they have nice runway perched on a hill.

Cool, thanks guys. I'll send you a pm on a day that's above freezing...

What do you think about this plane:

http://www.e-fliterc.com/Products/De...rodID=EFL10080

Looks like a fun one.

[TURTLE]

Originally Posted by Agama

Cool, thanks guys. I'll send you a pm on a day that's above freezing...

What do you think about this plane:

http://www.e-fliterc.com/Products/De...rodID=EFL10080

Looks like a fun one.

WAY WAY WAY beyond a beginners skills, more difficult then the war birds as well.

A big way to see how hard a plane is to fly is by how large the control surfaces are and by how far they throw.

The more they move and the bigger they are the harder they are to fly. Your best bet is going to be a hi wing, especially with limited simulator experience.

[paintballer9876]

Originally Posted by Agama

Cool, thanks guys. I'll send you a pm on a day that's above freezing...

What do you think about this plane:

http://www.e-fliterc.com/Products/De...rodID=EFL10080

Looks like a fun one.

i saw one guy on friday that had it and said it was a good flyer but not worth the $300 for the pnp. However rpp has the bnf for $360 but batteries are not cheap unless you go hobby king or hobby partz, the hyperions that i have for my extra 300, habu, and f86 are $100 a peice for 4s 3300mah 35c-45c batteries. Any balsa plane will have higher performance than acrobatic foamys unless its a profile but then it doesnt really look like a plane. If you want to go into acrobatic at some point go with profile first, even though the look isnt the best they are cheap to fix/replace. They are also cheap to build $100 will set you one up minus the receiver and it will probably even use the batteries that your crawler uses.

Just dont be tempted to buy a plane like the one you posted first since it will more than likely result in multiple crashes and frustration.