Hey all! New flyer here

[bustedparts]

Hello , I just bought the P40 WR and I ordered everything to make it flight worthy . I have experience in the RC world as I raced 10th scale buggies and trucks or many years. I got out of it because of the expense of racing equipment. But this seems like a good bit of fun. Make your own planes and then fly them! Sounds super fun. Anyway I do have a couple of 3D printers I built and I have a mini lathe so I would like to make some parts to improve on the looks of the pane I am building. Lake maybe guns for the wings, bombs ,ect . Anything to make it look as realistic as possible. I figured this would be the perfect place to ask. Cant wait to hear from yah'll thanks for taking a look.

 

[Merv]

Welcome to the forums.
Learn to fly first. Don’t spend a lot of time making your first few planes look good. After you learn to fly, then you can make them look realistic.

Start with a trainer plane. When you progress to the point you can fly it inverted across the field, you are ready to fly any plane you want.

 

[TedD70]

I'm new to this forum too ... but old to building, and not flying RC planes. I have a number of them in my basement that are 35+ years old, but never flown. I love to build but have never learned to fly, much to my disappointment.

Up in NJ I spent over $600 to join 2 clubs (dues and "initiation fees") ... and nobody ever had the time to teach.

20 years ago I moved to north Georgia ... and there isn't much up here. The closest club requires an AMA membership, a years worth of dues and more "initiation fees ... that's $300.

I have just bought another "trainer" ... a Volantexrc Sport Cup 500. It has "beginner aids" which may help the nube flyer.

Yeah ... I agree ... do what you can to learn to fly.

BTW ... WELCOME, and I can't wait to see what you build!!! There is a pretty good group here. If you need anything ... just ask.

 

[bustedparts]

I dont think it is going to take much to learn to fly. I have a decent number of hours in flight sims and I have a pretty good idea on the mechanics of flight. It's going to be the rookie things of RC flight is where I am most likely going to get hung up. I have flow drones before the FCC made everyone get a license for them but I no longer own any . But I am thinking of building one. Point taken on not worrying about making it pretty and I am 100% sure that its going to get some damage. I think is like the old saying. Flying is easy, it's the landing part!

 

[bisco]

i taught myself to fly with a sport cub 500. it's great for brain training orientation (opposite rudder when coming vs going)
so i can fly most anything, but i have hit a wall in advancing. idk if it's just me, or if you really need a teacher to learn proper aerobatics.

 

[mastermalpass]

I dont think it is going to take much to learn to fly. I have a decent number of hours in flight sims and I have a pretty good idea on the mechanics of flight. It's going to be the rookie things of RC flight is where I am most likely going to get hung up. I have flow drones before the FCC made everyone get a license for them but I no longer own any . But I am thinking of building one. Point taken on not worrying about making it pretty and I am 100% sure that its going to get some damage. I think is like the old saying. Flying is easy, it's the landing part!

The handy thing about a 3D printer, I presume, is that little 3D printed cosmetic parts are more likely to bounce out of a crash and stay intact, so you can just stick 'em in the next plane.

 

[Bricks]

i taught myself to fly with a sport cub 500. it's great for brain training orientation (opposite rudder when coming vs going)
so i can fly most anything, but i have hit a wall in advancing. idk if it's just me, or if you really need a teacher to learn proper aerobatics.

Get yourself something like this. https://valuehobby.com/epp-plane, and fly the wings off of it. They are decent fliers for not much money and will take a beating. Learn some 3D flying and the rest of your flying will just get better. 3d flying will teach you to use ALL your controls. A good read and instructions can be found here, https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?1968864-1-2-3D-How-to-fly-3Dwith-Michael-Wargo, Michael has some great Youtube videos and really breaks down 3D maneuvers.