Winston1203
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is that a FT spitfire?
Build, Fly, Crash, Repeat! Try to crash less every time you go through the cycle, and try to become a better pilot!I have just started the hobby in march this year and have crashed so many expensive foam planes before discovering how safe works on eflite spektrum planes and then discovering flitetest to learn without safe. I built the ft explorer which flys well and then the bushwhacker which flew great until the electronics gave out as they were just used from another wrecked model. Next up was the ft storch and it was great until it hit a light pole. I just keep trying and rebuilding. I have had many great flights with the safe technology planes but still have crashes. Next up is scratch building some of the ft planes, bushwhacker, commuter, sportster, and scout.
so far that has been the routine, just flew aeroscout and valiant for full battery runs tonight and cherokee and air tractor the same yesterday. The FT planes are needing rebuild time except the explorer. The bushwhacker is mostly glue and tape now. The FT planes make you feel like you can fly and want to keep trying to be a better pilot.Build, Fly, Crash, Repeat! Try to crash less every time you go through the cycle, and try to become a better pilot!
I loved the valiant! I learned how to do all my aerobatics on that plane. It's a hoot to fly!so far that has been the routine, just flew aeroscout and valiant for full battery runs tonight and cherokee and air tractor the same yesterday. The FT planes are needing rebuild time except the explorer. The bushwhacker is mostly glue and tape now. The FT planes make you feel like you can fly and want to keep trying to be a better pilot.
Agreed. It is an awesome flyer. A hoot to fly is a great way to put it.I loved the valiant! I learned how to do all my aerobatics on that plane. It's a hoot to fly!
The whole FT Mig 3 design is great. I made one into an XF8B-1, and ir still flew great.I really need to build a Mig - they seem like such amazing airplanes!
I have so much fun with my champ to this day even as a beginner plane. what a rockstar!The champ came out 9 years ago - wow! It's sure been a staple though - it really defines "UMX".
I still have my original one. It's on permanent display hanging from my ceiling but there's nothing really broken on it and it could probably still fly again. I have another one I got in ~2014 that does still get regular indoor use though...I have so much fun with my champ to this day even as a beginner plane. what a rockstar!
I've had my scout for around a few weeks now and it's already been beaten into a pulp, I've had my "maiden" which lasted less than 10 seconds, and whenever I attempt to fly it it's gone into a nose dive every single time even though the center of gravity is stable and has been checked, and my plane's weight is now more tape and glue than foam and electronics. Did this ever happen to you when u first started? pls, share ur experiences.
First off, your simple scout maybe is too heavy now and has twisted wings, it’s time for a new airframe. Second, Real flight helped my tremendously especially on learning “flying toward myself” position. Also, it took a a long while to get my space perception right. For the first year, a tree or a electric pole always jumped in front of my planes, and I am still hitting the lone monkey bar in the middle of the school yard. Crashing is just part of the game!
It's the Flite Test Mig3.is that a FT spitfire?
Oh yeah - it’s a rockstar for sure! I need to go in and re-solder some joints where I added the lights since last flight something disconnected and I crashed it into a bush. Thankfully it wasn’t i to my neighbor’s yard since it was like midnight and I’d have to wait till the next day to get it lol.I have so much fun with my champ to this day even as a beginner plane. what a rockstar!
my champ and sport cub s find their way into the big pine tree in my back yard far too often... I risk life and limb to get them outOh yeah - it’s a rockstar for sure! I need to go in and re-solder some joints where I added the lights since last flight something disconnected and I crashed it into a bush. Thankfully it wasn’t i to my neighbor’s yard since it was like midnight and I’d have to wait till the next day to get it lol.
Well, I once hired a climber to get my plane down from tree in the school yard next to my house..my champ and sport cub s find their way into the big pine tree in my back yard far too often... I risk life and limb to get them out