RC Planes Beginners Guide

Having observed many models flying a number of years ago in the local park I decided I wouldn't mind having a go at this hobby.
After doing extensive investigation you seemed to be able to do this in a number of different ways.

You could go out and buy a kit or start building from scratch this involved some skill sets which you could not learn over night also a lot of glue ,balsa wood and some bad language, some basic electronic skills, Soldering and the use of a multimeter and patience.

Now 15 years on you can walk into a shop buy a fantastic looking Plane or helicopter for under 200 dollars and be up in the air in the time it takes to charge the battery.
If you need to look these up on the internet there are a few terms that are used . RTF is short for ready to fly
these models come with everything you need to fly straight out of the box and the best way to begin is to get a cheap 2 or 3 channel model to start of with.

ARTF is short for almost ready to fly now you need to be careful here as you will see one of these planes for great price not
realising that you have to ad motor, Servos,receiver, speed controller and a radio transmitter to control it. this quickly bumps up the price so i would not recommend it for total beginners .

RC simulators are available for a cheap price from 20 to 100 dollars if you shop around and a great way to practice always better to crash in a virtual world . These plug into your computers usb port and let you fly a number of models which you can crash as often as you like . A great way to build up flying time and could save you a lot of heart ache.
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