Ute R/C Association Come on, let's fly!

Steve

Congrats on getting into RC.

You came to the right place. Getting help flying and to keeping crashes to a
minimum is important in having a good experience when learning to fly RC. As
you may know we have free training night every Wednesday evening 5-dusk at
the Model Port (just off the 2100 no exit of i215 heading north) just NE of
the Airport and across the free way.

The SuperCub is a great plane to start with. If the radio just had a way to
Buddy-box it to another radio it would the perfect trainer. A good second
plane can be something like the Apprentice with looks just like the SuperCub
but is bigger or you may want to try something other type of High-Wing plane
where the wing connects to the top of the body, they are usually more stable
and will self correct / self level better that a Low-wing plane.

Things to practice are take offs and landings and doing figure 8's in a
controlled pattern. I wouldn't do landings until you can do controlled
figure 8s and fly-by practice landings, have someone else do the landings in
the mean time, dents, dings and broken props are not necessary. When
learning most crashes happening when landing. Do turns, so the plane flys
away from you to prevent the plane from going over your head or behind you
incase it is too close. For example when the plane is flying from left to
right only do left-turns and visa-vera. There is also a technique we call
"fly the low-wing". When the plane is coming towards you simply move the
control stick to the low-wing to level the airplane. Do NOT trying to think
move-the-stick-opposite or something like that it can become confusing very
quickly. Half the time the plane is flying away from you and half the time
it is flying towards you so learning to fly nose-in is important, especially
when landing.

Please visit us at our monthly club meeting. It is always on the 2nd
Thursday of every month. The next one is on July 8th at 7-9pm. Our meeting
is in the Heritage Senior Center at 10 East 6150 South, east of the Fashion
Place mall.

Hopefully this is info is helpful and not too confusing. If it is confusing
the please visit us on Training Night and get some answers.

Mike Passey
UTE RC Secretary

You are welcome to drop me an email if youhave any questions on Helis.

Brian440@gmail.com

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Matthew P. Barnson wrote:

> Here are a few links from our web site to get you started:
>
> * Nearby aircraft clubs: http://uterc.org/node/57 . We hope you'll join
> the Utes, but obviously if another club is closer, they're probably your
> best choice.
>
> * Flying sites where you're likely to find local model aviators:
> http://uterc.org/node/84
>
> * Upcoming events you can participate in or just check out:
> http://uterc.org/event/2010/06/28/month/ (I realize I need to update it,
> there's a bunch of stuff coming up but hardly any on the calendar...)
>
> My advice would largely mirror Mike Passey's. You can stick with "park
> flyer"-sized aircraft (less than two pounds, capable of less than 60MPH) if
> you like, but flying larger models often gives you a taste for how smoothly
> they fly, and the variety of wind they can handle without problems.
>
> If you're going to stick with Park Flyers, here are some of my favorite
> "second airplanes":
>
> * The ParkZone Stryker. A 3-channel airplane in a pusher configuration that
> looks like a jet, this is about as fast as you can go and still be a "park
> flyer". But if you take the bolt out of the nose, it can slow down
> beautifully for landings, too! Downside: the radio is still of toy-quality
> rather than hobby-quality.
>
> * ParkZone F4U Corsair. This is a really tough foam bird with full
> four-channel control and a five-channel hobby-quality transmitter. Very
> easy to fix and fun to fly, this will give you some landing-gear experience
> if you want it.
>
>
> If you're interested in larger or fuel-powered airplanes, I'd heartily
> recommend the Hangar 9 Alpha 40 (liquid-fueled) or the E-Flite Apprentice
> (electric). The Alpha flies beautifully and comes with a nice DSM2
> transmitter, as does the Apprentice.
>
> Don't neglect the KSL classifieds, too. You can often find an amazing deal
> from someone getting out of the hobby. Here are a few current deals I
> looked up for you that would give you quite a nice jump-start in the hobby
> for a fraction of the cost of new:
>
> * Several airplanes at an outstanding price:
> http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=11344343&cat=386&lpid=2&search=
>
> * A ready-to-fly fuel-powered helicopter priced right for a beginner:
> http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=11339766&cat=386&lpid=3&search=
>
> * Another Raptor helicopter -- this time a .60, which flies better --
> priced well for $400 OBO:
> http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=11319465&cat=386&lpid=8&search=
>
> * RTF NexStar trainer:
> http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=11328032&cat=386&lpid=6&search=(NOTE: The author is totally shining you on about the price. It usually
> retails for about $400.) Not a huge fan of Nexstars myself, but it's a
> decent deal for a new, un-crashed airplane...
>
> If you're going to buy anything used, I'd suggest taking a club member with
> you to help you be aware of what it is you're looking at. Sometimes it's
> easy to get fleeced by unscrupulous sellers trying to maximize their sale
> price at your expense...
>
> Best of luck! Feel free to email me off of this thread if I can be of
> additional assistance.
>