Need plans for a mini 4 channel for small area flying (still a novice!)

[BATTLEAXE]

Can't lie - kinda jealous! I wish I'd have been into planes when we bought the house so long ago! (My model trains were many-a-tour topic of frustration for my wife when we were looking for a bigger house for our growing family!) Our space lends to the factory micros well once comfortable. I've flown a mini scout 3 channel (RET) in the yard until it met my patio wall I've built two, my 15 year old is on his third, modified with a longer wing set on top with rubber bands.... that design is what I've got going now for the 10 and 8 year olds (and, of course, one for myself). That and a full sized scout for the flight field. I need to fly (and crash) more as I'm amassing quite the variety of planes! I've run out of electronics and don't want to buy any more, but with four pilots in the house trips to the flight field have a mountain of FT style planes packed in

That's awesome you do get to a flying field every once in awhile. I use my back yard just because i would be to lazy to drive for two minutes to go to a 12 acre green space or a farmers field lol

 

[bwarz]

I know the shrubsmacker by @Grifflyer was build for slow flying, but I had it up this weekend and it seemed quite zippy and not wanting to fly slow. Although I wasn't using the flaps....(first time I tried it didn't go well 😬🙄) I actually brought it home in one piece though, so that was cool... I think I need to just try and not worry so much!

 

[bwarz]

BTW, I decided to follow @BATTLEAXE 's scout inspiration and (hopefully) document the build of three minis and a standard in his scout build thread...

 

[flyranger]

If you can afford it, get the FT-EZ. Or banggoods C-17. It will provide a good learning. It is forgiving and allows you to do us on mostly 1 channel. For a long time. About 18 mins. Plenty of time to get the hang of things

If you have the A-pack. Power system, then print you out the an FT speedster. And make and extra wing to build it as a bi-plane. It is slow agile and durable. So is the mini scout. If you can find @jpot1 mad the synergy that is interesting but somewhat docile. Or the old fogey. If you print it at 50% I bet it will be a gentle flyer.
At that size use paperclips for pushrods.
I took a P-38 shrunk to fit 8.5*11 sheets and made it from foam plates with the EZ engine. Or @nerdnic did a great job on a micro tiger moth.

My Old Speedster