paulmohr
New member
Ok, I would have thought this would be a simple question but so far I can't get a straight answer from anyone on other RC forums. So since this is the forum for this software maybe I will have better luck here lol.
Ok, here is the deal. I am new to this whole RC plane hobby. So new that I don't even own a plane yet. My plan is to join a local RC club and have them train me with a buddy box, which they said they will do. Not only will they, they require it. I am in the process of joining but I don't know how long it will take and nice weather in my area is quickly running out. So the other part of the plan is to use a simulator to help get myself ready. Get an idea of how it should feel and how the controls work and all that good stuff.
I actually have two simulators, I have RF8 and RC7. And I decided to just get a transmitter now since I will eventually need one anyway. I got a DX6e and the spektrum wireless dongle to go with it.
So here is the problem. I have been flying these planes, and there are a ton of them. Each of them handle different, even the "trainers". So I have no idea which one I should focusing on and actually practicing with.
Which one of these planes actually flies like a real RC aircraft I would currently purchase? Like say I wanted to by a hobbyzone cub, or something from Eflight or maybe a techone saturn.
I don't want to be practicing with a model on the simulator that will be nothing like the real thing when I actually get the chance to fly one. Does that make sense? I understand it isn't an exact science and they might all fly slightly different, but can someone give me a ballpark aircraft to start with?
Once I actually join the club and the AMA I can hopefully get a plane in the air with a trainer. Then I can tweak the sim to match what I felt during the session. But until then I have no clue what to do or which plane to fly. I am hoping I can get my membership going before the weather turns and we can't fly anymore. But if I don't I am going to be on the simulator for the winter just hoping what I am doing is right. I mean man, all I really need is like 5 minutes of a real plane in the air so I have some idea what it "feels" like. I get the feeling I am way overthinking this, but that is who I am.
And if the models in the sim are accurate enough I might even be able to use it to decide which airplane I want to buy for my first one. That is probably hoping for a lot, but it would be nice lol.
I went down to the local field a few days ago and talked to a few of the guys. I said I was thinking of getting one those carbon cubs with all the fancy gps stuff and auto landing and all of that. They all said not to put too much faith into that stuff. If I rely on it too much I won't learn to actually fly correctly and when it fails, which they assured me it would, I wouldn't know what to do. One guy suggested the techone saturn. He said he had one at one time and it was really tuff. Said he cartwheeled it down the runway it didn't even break. I was also thinking of getting one of the pusher types with the prop over the wings so I would be less likely to break a prop if I landed wrong. But they all seem to fly strange in the sim so I don't know about that. And from what I can tell from the simulators I don't like the gliders at all.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks,
Paul
Ok, here is the deal. I am new to this whole RC plane hobby. So new that I don't even own a plane yet. My plan is to join a local RC club and have them train me with a buddy box, which they said they will do. Not only will they, they require it. I am in the process of joining but I don't know how long it will take and nice weather in my area is quickly running out. So the other part of the plan is to use a simulator to help get myself ready. Get an idea of how it should feel and how the controls work and all that good stuff.
I actually have two simulators, I have RF8 and RC7. And I decided to just get a transmitter now since I will eventually need one anyway. I got a DX6e and the spektrum wireless dongle to go with it.
So here is the problem. I have been flying these planes, and there are a ton of them. Each of them handle different, even the "trainers". So I have no idea which one I should focusing on and actually practicing with.
Which one of these planes actually flies like a real RC aircraft I would currently purchase? Like say I wanted to by a hobbyzone cub, or something from Eflight or maybe a techone saturn.
I don't want to be practicing with a model on the simulator that will be nothing like the real thing when I actually get the chance to fly one. Does that make sense? I understand it isn't an exact science and they might all fly slightly different, but can someone give me a ballpark aircraft to start with?
Once I actually join the club and the AMA I can hopefully get a plane in the air with a trainer. Then I can tweak the sim to match what I felt during the session. But until then I have no clue what to do or which plane to fly. I am hoping I can get my membership going before the weather turns and we can't fly anymore. But if I don't I am going to be on the simulator for the winter just hoping what I am doing is right. I mean man, all I really need is like 5 minutes of a real plane in the air so I have some idea what it "feels" like. I get the feeling I am way overthinking this, but that is who I am.
And if the models in the sim are accurate enough I might even be able to use it to decide which airplane I want to buy for my first one. That is probably hoping for a lot, but it would be nice lol.
I went down to the local field a few days ago and talked to a few of the guys. I said I was thinking of getting one those carbon cubs with all the fancy gps stuff and auto landing and all of that. They all said not to put too much faith into that stuff. If I rely on it too much I won't learn to actually fly correctly and when it fails, which they assured me it would, I wouldn't know what to do. One guy suggested the techone saturn. He said he had one at one time and it was really tuff. Said he cartwheeled it down the runway it didn't even break. I was also thinking of getting one of the pusher types with the prop over the wings so I would be less likely to break a prop if I landed wrong. But they all seem to fly strange in the sim so I don't know about that. And from what I can tell from the simulators I don't like the gliders at all.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks,
Paul