What are the values of a thoroughbred trainer?

[Ryan O.]

Trainers come in all shapes and sizes nowadays, and they all have their ups and downs. This is about trainers that can be built or purchased without having to drive cross country. Vote for your two most important trainer values that you find are necessary. If you have any good trainers or stories about first planes that can be helpful ,or just fun I would love to read them.

 

[Ryan O.]

There was a limit on the number of poll choices, so I decided to comment the other trainer value that I can think of: replacement part availability

 

[Grifflyer]

I chose durability and no tip stalls, what did you chose @Ryan O. ?

 

[IcedStorm777]

I chose Durability and than i chose self leveling. It was also a close call with no tip stalls but most wings with dihedral don't tip stall and dihedral makes a plane gentle.

 

[Ryan O.]

I chose durability and no tip stalls, what did you chose @Ryan O. ?

In my opinion durability and sufficient power are my favorites because if you have enough power many dangerous maneuvers can be prevented/recovered from.

 

[whackflyer]

I chose durability and no tip stalls, what did you chose @Ryan O. ?

I chose the same. To me they are the most important characteristics of a trainer plane.

 

[Merv]

Why chose, a good trainer will have all of them.

 

[BATTLEAXE]

I choose durability for sure, although power is a nice bonus I think visibility would be an important for orientation. You lose orientation, as a beginner is pretty easy, especially when things go south. With the plane spiralling to the ground because of loss of orientation a beginner doesn't know or has the reflexes yet pull out of most problematic situations. So power or handling will just drill it further into the dirt. And I have crashed many planes with dihedral, the plane won't fly itself because of dihedral, and for some who build, it becomes a crutch. I have seen some build like more dihedral will make the plane last longer for some reason. I don't really like dihedral on any planes anymore. @Wildthing seems to have taken a new liking to excessive dihedral on his new Mustang though . That should be an interesting maiden to watch

 

[The Fopster]

I found that the answer to any question with the word "trainer" in it is "FT Flyer". That's the one that got me safely airborne and then landed again in one piece. After that the RC world is your oyster...

 

[Grifflyer]

I found that the answer to any question with the word "trainer" in it is "FT Flyer". That's the one that got me safely airborne and then landed again in one piece. After that the RC world is your oyster...

Same for me, I put a kfm step on it to make it fly slower, I do think the mini scout is a bit more stable in calm conditions though...

 

[BATTLEAXE]

Same for me, I put a kfm step on it to make it fly slower, I do think the mini scout is a bit more stable in calm conditions though...

+1

 

[Wildthing]

I choose durability for sure, although power is a nice bonus I think visibility would be an important for orientation. You lose orientation, as a beginner is pretty easy, especially when things go south. With the plane spiralling to the ground because of loss of orientation a beginner doesn't know or has the reflexes yet pull out of most problematic situations. So power or handling will just drill it further into the dirt. And I have crashed many planes with dihedral, the plane won't fly itself because of dihedral, and for some who build, it becomes a crutch. I have seen some build like more dihedral will make the plane last longer for some reason. I don't really like dihedral on any planes anymore. @Wildthing seems to have taken a new liking to excessive dihedral on his new Mustang though . That should be an interesting maiden to watch

It will be fine, just inverted might be a challenge

 

[CrazyFastFlying]

I chose Durability and than i chose self leveling. It was also a close call with no tip stalls but most wings with dihedral don't tip stall and dihedral makes a plane gentle.

I chose the same as you! Durability it definitely first! Then having dihedral comes in second.

 

[Ryan O.]

My first plane was a FT flyer, and I puched the throttle once causing the firewall to actually explode which led to the plane drifting to the ground only held together by wires 😅

 

[Ryan O.]

The reason why I don't think gliders are the best first plane is that sometimes, especially with headwinds, the plane doesn't want to land. For new pilots planes that aren't too har to land like cubs are better. After all, just my opinion