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[Brother Pete]

All kinds of questions, so I'll just put in a few to start. Last time I flew was 1994. Seniorita with a cool Wankel rotary that I crashed ruining the plane and engine.
My Brother is into quad copters and sent me to flitetest to foam build and get back into flying. I'll be building scratch building a simple cub to fly in spring.
wondering what would be a good plane to build for indoor flying. something for a beginner, just to get skills back.

Brother Pete

 

[mastermalpass]

How big is your indoor space? If you have anything the size of a hall or barn then you might be able to squeeze in one of the mighty mini WW1 planes.

 

[Merv]

Welcome to the forums.
Unless you have somewhere huge, like a golf or soccer dome, you will be better off building in the winter and waiting till spring to fly. I consider winter to be the building season. I will build multiple copies of planes and have them waiting on the bench. WHEN I crash, there is another plane waiting to accept the innards of my last crash.

 

[Brother Pete]

How big is your indoor space? If you have anything the size of a hall or barn then you might be able to squeeze in one of the mighty mini WW1 planes.

Full sized gym basketball court, 25' ceilings

 

[TheFlyingBrit]

All kinds of questions, so I'll just put in a few to start. Last time I flew was 1994. Seniorita with a cool Wankel rotary that I crashed ruining the plane and engine.
My Brother is into quad copters and sent me to flitetest to foam build and get back into flying. I'll be building scratch building a simple cub to fly in spring.
wondering what would be a good plane to build for indoor flying. something for a beginner, just to get skills back.

Brother Pete

FT flyer dpending on space constraints

 

[TheFlyingBrit]

Flite test did an episode flying one inside so you should be okay with this one.
It was the first foamboard I built and I still love flying it to this day. Although I fly mine outside and in all weather conditions, its still in its original form too never had t repair it. Swapped receivers about a bit and tried various battery sizes but thats all.

 

[mastermalpass]

Full sized gym basketball court, 25' ceilings

That should do you good for the mini planes! I've recently made an FT Mini scout that runs on a 1S system and weighs only 74 grams. It would be nice if I could hire the public hall at the moment (can't due to COVID) because the plane really can't handle wind!

 

[TheFlyingBrit]

How about the mini speedster 3ch dihedral nice slow flight envelope, ideal for flying indoors.