your videos are GREAT i have learned so much. im one of those idiots that bought the wrong plane for a beginner i have the freewing a10 and was terrified of it untill i started watching you videos and they really helped my confidence, thanks flite test. cooper
Awesome video guys. Very Informative and hilarious! I've recently been thinking about getting into the hobby and have actually been interested in doing so for many years. Now, with the proper guidance from your videos I think I may be able to take that first step soon. After I find a good starter online and choose which one to go with anyway. Def has to be something slow, ugly and made of foam. Or just cheap. The Cessna looking foam plane has my eye atm. Unfortunately, I don't live anywhere near a hobby shop so all of my shopping will take place online.
I was scanning the comments and perhaps I missed it, but here it is 6 years later and the Super Cub BNF, 3 channel, with the di-hedral high wing has been discontinued. What current model of Trainer Plane is recommended?? Thank you for this video series.
What is the kit that they used? The one with the skeleton of the plane made from balsa? It was at 14:23 Can I put servos and motors and thins in that and fly it? Really need to know : D
Hello sir can I use 610mah 11.1v with 2200kv motor with 30A esc if no then which battery is perfect for 2200kv motor and one more thing can I use car transmitter for my plane which I would be making
My brother’s trainer was a glow-fueled balsa GCF His hobby lasted the 6 month build plus his second flight. That was the hobby in 1980. He only let me touch the plane after he wrecked it. Good to see things have changed.
@@ChrisinOSMS hahahahahahaha ! Poor Fellow. advances in Foam moulding and electronics have made the hobby far cheaper and more accessible to the masses. we dont have to be expert builders now, just stump up with $100 to get a foam plane and cheap radio. BINGO !
Here's a good tip that NO ONE mentions... Check the availability of the plane your interested in. Not the kit, but replacement parts. Flyzone is NOTORIOUS for not having replacement parts. I have their Sensei and have needed a replacement fuselage for it for well over a month. NO ONE has it in stock.....yet everyone and their mama offers the kit. Great plane......but pointless if I can't replace parts.
+Sahadi420 Hi! can u please help me, what does he say on 6:34 "With a gas plane..." and then what? English is not my native and I can't understand what he's saying
+Yulia Blazhuk He speaks about if you have a gas engine and it stops, you have to fly it with no engine which takes a new skill to do. (Not to say batteries can't die during flight, but electrics are possible to start or stop the motor while in flight)
+JohnWisconsin thanks, but could you please write his words from 'with a gas plane' to 'quite right' for me, I just can't understand few words (I need to translate the sentence exactly). I would be very grateful!!=)
Your team is doing the hobby proud! Regarding beginners, you should also should mention gliders are great for beginners. The are typically slow, easy to see and fairly easy to fly. A shameless plug for your earlier episode of the Parkzone Radian and Radian Pro is well worth viewing and learning from.
I’m wanted to get into the hobby and I got to say gliders are for if you’ve never seen a plane in your life. I’ve been flying glider planes for years and they get boring fast. Then my dad got me this rc plane one year and I wasn’t a big fan of it. It didn’t have any elevators or ways to pitch up and down and the only way to bring it back down was to kill the power. I think he also tried to discourage the hobby for me because he said anything with wheels would have to be big and get registered by the FAA which even today I think of as being big and complicated. Now that he’s into FPV drones and isn’t as discouraging in the field of rc vehicles I’m willing to give it another try and I’m starting to see more confidence in the hobby. Gives me something productive to do besides sitting on my ass all day looking at my phone. I plan on getting a beginner plane by Christmas. Along with a small rc BF-109 which I think won’t be too much more complex than the beginner plane but would be a step up. I have big plans for this hobby and I’m hoping my dreams don’t get crushed or I get burnout and lose interest in the hobby.
Dude you guys freaking rock yo! I'm a beginner and I don't have a clue what to do or hw to do t lol. Your video is awesome and will definitely help me a great deal man! Thanks a million dudes!
It has been 25 years since I was into rc. This amazing group of very talented people made my passion for the hobby reignite. Thank you for all the amazing videos. Merry Christmas in 2019.
Published in 2013! Wow, that's a blast from the past! This is such an excellent video. I rewatched it because I have a guy and his son interested in getting into the hobby. I sent him the link and it still holds up. Great job, Josh, Josh and Chad!
I'm going to have to disagree with the recommendation of a 3-channel aircraft over a 4-channel. While yes, simpler is better, learning on a 3-channel aircraft can start some bad habits that you'll have to break, like executing turns with the rudder rather than the ailerons. EDIT: There is one EDF aircraft design that doesn't have to go fast all the time. I'll let you figure out what it is on your own, but I will say it's something we all see very often flying overhead.
IS this personal experience or opinion? I learnt to fly 3 channel, then put ailerons on the same model. The only thing I had to think about was rudder control on the ground. Teaching people to fly has been pretty much standardised for the better part of 50 years, oh I'm sorry, you know better.
Then let me apologize for my disrespect. Perhaps we can continue. I have had an RC Flying Instructor rating since 1989, and fly all forms of aeromodelling. Tell me more of this bad habit you speak of, using rudder instead of ailerons or vica versa.
Saysomeone bought you a warbird the A-1 for Christmas without askingyou as a second plane. Could you guys make a video with tips on flying a Warbird.Thanks.
I am glad it isn't. Everything these days is way too condensed in my opinion, with a lot of valuable information left out for the sake of attention span.
sorry but building your first balsa plane/glider and don't get me started on the smell of the dope and a don't mean the stuff you smoke no! after you have taken your time and pinned your fuselage and wings down ......I could go on and on but trust me you will not get the same satisfaction unless you've built the model yourself. And on that slightly windy sunday morning when everyone is still in bed and you wind or throw/launch YOUR piece of balsa and tissue and it flies, it might be a long flight or it might go straight up and stand on it's tail but thats where the blue- tac or that ball of play dough you nicked off your younger sibling comes into use...trust me there is no better sight than a well built plane made of balsa taking too the heavens.
This video was uploaded in 2013. During that time, starting with 3-channel might be a better choice for beginners. But nowadays (2019), I'd say it would be a better idea to start with a 4-channel with gyro stabilization enabled plane. With the help of gyro stabilization, a 4-channel plane is even easier to fly than a 3-channel plane without stabilization, because stabilization can't work without ailerons anyway.
I have almost 40years flying RC models and I'm impress on how good you are telling others all the aspects you need to know about starting flying RC. I watched the whole episode and I enjoyed so much. I think all the Hobby stores should have a screen where people can see this footage. You guys are doing an amazing contribution to the hobby. Thank you!!! and I agree with you guys... .This is the best hobby in the world !!!
Don't get me wrong, I truly appreciate your knowledge. But, after 7:00mins of the Abbot and Costello routine, it just got a bit old and hard to watch. Still I watched til the end and I learned a lot. Thanks guys.
Nice video!!!! I fly helicopter and quadcopters. I want to fly planes. These are my choices. What would you recommend. Umx Skywalker, Hobbyzone Duet, Hobbyzone Champ, Hobbyzone Stratocam or the Hobbyzone Sport Cub S. let me know your opinion. Thanks again!!!!
Hey FliteTest, I was wondering if a glider would be a good beginner for example a Sonic 185? The gliding aspect of the rc world really appeals to me and with the motor it could also give the motored aspect. Thanks
Loved this beginners series kick off. I'm really impressed with your productions in general and very happy to see you kept up the quality and love for the beginners. :-D
Where was this video 6 years ago. I thought all thees thoughts when I got my first plane and yes I crashed it and ruined it lol. LISTEN to this video the info is worth a couple of thousand dollars in wrecked planes. Great vid guys!
I like these videos but the younger guys interrupting gets super annoying, I know they are jokes but it's too repetitive for someone that just wants to listen and get the facts straight!
Awesome videos guys, been wanting to get into this hobby for a long time. Bought the Horizon super cub and spent 2-3 hours messing around on the phoenix 4 simulator (has the super cub already loaded on it with its exact specifications) got to the point that it was hard for me to crash it! Took the real thing out, had an awesome flight and is still in one piece with 0 dents. :)
Agree.starting with a sim to me is the way to go . basically once u get the hang of it ,try landing the Piper and controlling it 😂, because if you can land that plane without bouncing,you can land pretty much everything 😂.
High wing, high dihedral, foam construction, electric, fixed gear, rubber band construction. Top of wing different color from bottom of wing. plan on a minimum of ten hours flight practice before moving to the next plane. typical flight time with electric can be ten to twenty minutes meaning you will log 50 to 100 launches and landings (crashes) building control skills. good luck !
My first plane was an .049-powered foam Cox Centurion, way back in 1981. First flight was successful, but the landing went long and into a chain link fence. Minimum, easy to fix damage. Second plane was a kit, Airtronics Q-Tee, very easy to fly parasol design. I also learned to apply Monocote on the Q-Tee. Building was half the fun of the hobby. The e-Flite cub is a nice little flyer, but a bit touchy for beginners, and very fragile! Just brushing your hand against the tail can kink it over. I've replaced all wing and tail surfaces. I recommend something bigger and more robust for a first plane. A larger craft responds slower and gives pilots-in-training more time to react. The e-Flite Apprentice or Hobby Zone Sport Cub would be a better first plane Not thrilled with all the stabilized craft. Hard to learn to ride a motorcycle properly with training wheels attached. At least many let you turn off the "crutch" for a proper experience. Happy flying!
alexvpaq Well sadly nobody makes a plane that I've seen that is really well thought out for beginners. Are you asking for "properties of a good beginner plane", or are you just asking for a straight up plane recommendation?
I wouldn't mind a few straight up plane recommendations to get started in the RC planes hobby. I got myself a little RC copter a few months ago just out of fun and never even considered RC planes. Thought they were expensives I guess. But I found this video series somehow and that got me looking around... it's not that bad. lol But the champ would definitely be in a nice price range and seems to have everything to learn the basics and eventually step up to something else entirely.
alexvpaq Prices have come down a lot since the bad old days. The Champ is too large to really be a typical indoor flyer, and flies too poorly for most outdoor conditions. Any plane with that planform (cubs/beavers/champs, etc.) flies like shit and crashes worse than it flies. The current general all-around best bets are the EasyStar clones; planes like the EasyStar (II) or Bixler (2). They're a little more expensive, but you get much more for your money, and larger planes are easier to work on. There are some alternatives to these; it depends on where you think you'll be headed with the hobby. I'm partial to low drag planes like flying wings (which if built light will fly just as slowly as trainers while still coping with wind) and gliders, particularly DLG's. In fact, Flite Test totally overlooked the possibility of something like a simple DLG as a beginner plane... You guys hearing me? No power system means no power system to carry your plane away or get damaged in a wreck. Ya hearin' me?
Josh is clearly a knowledgeable and skilled pilot with an abundance of experience. However, I fail to see the need for the juvenile, untrained chimp of a side-kick with his idiotic "comedic" responses...
I gave a seymour-duncan humbucker on my 83 Ibanez Roadstar strat copy. Fits right in the standard cutout. It has stacked coils and really got rid of the annoying hum.
I'm 13 and teaching my dad he told me about the hobby got two cool $60 planes (my first plane) an my dad told me basics and by the second batterie I was doing loops and barrel roles then teaching my dad that had little experience. And we learned better from then.
Ok so a couple things I am worried about. 1. I live in a area with a lot of trees, and the only real open area I have where there isn't people is over water...should I put some floats on it, slap corrosion x on all the electronics and just fly it over there(I have a kayak as well so I can retrieve it if it crashes)? 2. I have spent a really long time on full scale flight sims, and a 4th channel would make me feel more at home and more comfortable, especially if I need to avoid an obstacle, should I start with that as well?.
I play videogames full time so I was able to immediately fly my first plane, a balsa wood glow powered P51-Mustang, and do aerobatics and everything. It felt natural.
lol humbuckers in a telecaster... SMH. Also it might not be so cut and dry to learn guitar on somethign cheap. That usually turns people off to it because it's so much harder to play even to good players
I disagree with the 3ch thing. I started on 3ch and when I finally got good enough for ailerons I felt like I knew nothing. I had to go right back to the simulator. Just save yourself the headache and buy a cheap rtf 4ch. Or buy a radio and build your own.. which is probably the best choice.
This is a good example, at my local airfield, someone had a gas plane and the engine malfunctioned and crashed. To this day, the engine and servos are still in that tree.
Indeed the sports cub s by horizon hobby I believe is the best starter plane from price to ease of fly and the panic safe feature. It's a 4 Channel $100 for the PNF or $130 RTF. Good Luck
