As the title says, I'm new here, and new to RC flying, at least actual flight. I scratch-built a flite test tiny trainer and had a maiden flight on Easter, crashed a TON with the trainer wing, built the sport wing and flew today till it got too breezy (10mph+ gusts). The sport wing, for me, is 10x easier to fly, as I've been using RealFlight 3.5 for many years now, off and on (a bit more as of late). Ailerons help correct roll as its rarely calm here, and definitely saved my butt on a few wind gusts!
My plane consists of: DTFB, FT radial 1806 motor (Great little motor!), HQ prop 6x3 props, BLHeli 12A esc, 3s 850mah lipo's, FT 5g servos for rudder/elevator, and amazon 9g servos in the sport wing. Controlled with a FlySky I6x radio system, fits my short fingers well, and at the ranges I fly at...no issues! I run a Lipo alarm during flight, though I probably had near 20 minutes of flite time and was only down to 11.4V! 50% throttle keeps it moving through the air very nicely, full throttle, well lets just say I won't get bored with this plane too soon! Probably should have a 2s battery, might order one eventually.
I'm surprised at how hard this plane can be nose-dived into the ground and not require repair (other than breaking props, that is). I was initially going to buy one of the many planes with SAFE, but this is teaching me to actually fly and respond to wind or what not and not rely on a button to fix my mistakes. Besides, I've only broken $4 worth of props so far, my Traxxas Stampede I've broken probably $20-30 in parts crashing into trees, and RC cars are a smoother learning curve!
OK, enough rambling. I look forward to many more FT builds, will definitely buy some speed build kits too. I now eagerly wait for the next calm day that I have time to fly! I also keep in shape with road cycling, which is my #1 priority in life during the nicer months...
My plane consists of: DTFB, FT radial 1806 motor (Great little motor!), HQ prop 6x3 props, BLHeli 12A esc, 3s 850mah lipo's, FT 5g servos for rudder/elevator, and amazon 9g servos in the sport wing. Controlled with a FlySky I6x radio system, fits my short fingers well, and at the ranges I fly at...no issues! I run a Lipo alarm during flight, though I probably had near 20 minutes of flite time and was only down to 11.4V! 50% throttle keeps it moving through the air very nicely, full throttle, well lets just say I won't get bored with this plane too soon! Probably should have a 2s battery, might order one eventually.
I'm surprised at how hard this plane can be nose-dived into the ground and not require repair (other than breaking props, that is). I was initially going to buy one of the many planes with SAFE, but this is teaching me to actually fly and respond to wind or what not and not rely on a button to fix my mistakes. Besides, I've only broken $4 worth of props so far, my Traxxas Stampede I've broken probably $20-30 in parts crashing into trees, and RC cars are a smoother learning curve!
OK, enough rambling. I look forward to many more FT builds, will definitely buy some speed build kits too. I now eagerly wait for the next calm day that I have time to fly! I also keep in shape with road cycling, which is my #1 priority in life during the nicer months...