My son found you guys on Youtube. He asked his great-grandmother for a RC plane for Christmas. We didn't think much of it because we didn't hear from either afterwards. Little did we know great-grandmother got on the phone and you guys walked her through a beginners set up. She bought it, wrapped it up, and put it under the tree without us knowing. At Christmas big surprise when he opened the box. I have always wanted to fly RC but never really jumped on the opportunity. We have now watched most of the beginner series and build his (our) Mini Arrow. Once we get through the series we are going to give it our best at a local school yard or maybe the family farm. I'm trying to take baby steps so we don't break first time out and get discouraged. I transferred the pattern from the mini arrow over to another foam board we had from another project so we can rebuild when needed and maybe convince my wife to get another F-kit and Xmitter/receiver so we can fly together. My son is also into trying youtube videos so we may have to strap a gopro on it at some point.
Anyways thank you guys for making this so much easier to get into the hobby than what I originally thought it would take.
Anyways thank you guys for making this so much easier to get into the hobby than what I originally thought it would take.
Which Spektrum did you go with? Sounds like maybe the DXe, which despite what some may say, isn't a TERRIBLE radio, but it is limited in its functionality. If you find that you want to step up to a nicer plane or a helicopter, you'll want to purchase something with 8 channels, like the DX8. The good news is that if you do that, the DXe isn't useless; you can use it for buddy boxing utilizing the wireless trainer functionality. We actually use DXe radios for some of our trainer radios, so they're definitely nice as a backup. 
