I've been active mostly in the nitro sub-forum for the past couple years, but have recently gotten into planes, thanks largely in part to moving out of a no-fly zone.
To continue to a conversation that has turned from nitros to planes:
I picked up an Aeroscout 2 to be my "serious" trainer. The local club recommended it, they run a couple Carbon Cubs but will buddy-box anything with a Spektrum radio. I'm very impressed with the quality, the integral tail assembly and magnetic battery compartment all feel very thought-out and polished, and a substantially nicer than average radio.
I got some aliexpress specials, (of course...), just to see what was out there - This $15 plane with 2 channels that flies without control surfaces using only differential thrust, actually pretty fun, and a $100 1.1-meter trainer that has generally left me underwhelmed with its overall value and construction, especially next to the Aeroscout.
There's a vendor with some pretty neat balsa models, several of which are more or less nitro-ready. I've already ordered this one is for a .10-.15 engine, might eventually get an OS .15 LA for it. They also have a mini-stick for cheap, which I'm going to use just to practice my building skills before butchering a nicer kit. That vendor, "Real Hawk store", might be my new, "jz9193"... There's this Cessna, or this Extra-330, both of which are the right size for a .15
I had to look up the 1/2A thing because it was bugging me too, this thread talks about it. Apparently it goes back all the way to the pre-RC days of free flight competition and refers to the displacement. I guess it's confusing because the rest of the scale has fallen out of use, it's not like we refer to a .46-powered plane as being D-class.
I've only gotten my first day of practice in at the club on their loaner plane; there's snow on the ground right now and when the forecast isn't for snow it's wind... I'll bide my time building and practicing on a sim, and making airplane noises with my mouth as I admire the AX engine.
The warbird collection sounds awesome, I'd love to build a P-38 with a pair of engines sometime.
To continue to a conversation that has turned from nitros to planes:
I don't know where to start, I have quite a few planes so far, on some I am working simultaneously, as the parts come in.
Same as nitro cars, I try not to miss out on any good deals out there and just keep buying.
Initially I wanted 90% of my planes to be electric, but its the other way around, most are nitro's.
I too am on the hunt all he time for small scale nitro planes, basically park flyers but there are not easy to find, I believe they call them 1/2A planes, which still to this day I don't know why?
I own one 4 stroke at the moment, its an ASP 90 installed on a Japanese dive bomber plane. Yet to fire it up.
Fallen in love with older small (.10 - .25) 70's and onward OS plain bushing engines, they are so easy to tune and run great.
I have quite a few in my collection now, in different sizes.
I am not sure about the VX18, I don't think that engine would cope well if kept at top RPM for longer than 5-10 seconds.
Its better I make a thread for us in the planes section, so we can do some idea exchanges.
BTW, AX series engines are very nice, prob top of the range stuff, it will serve you well.
I am currently training at the club on a hobby zone glass air sportsman while I get my fleet of WW2 birds ready.
What are you training on and how often? How far are you into the training.
I picked up an Aeroscout 2 to be my "serious" trainer. The local club recommended it, they run a couple Carbon Cubs but will buddy-box anything with a Spektrum radio. I'm very impressed with the quality, the integral tail assembly and magnetic battery compartment all feel very thought-out and polished, and a substantially nicer than average radio.
I got some aliexpress specials, (of course...), just to see what was out there - This $15 plane with 2 channels that flies without control surfaces using only differential thrust, actually pretty fun, and a $100 1.1-meter trainer that has generally left me underwhelmed with its overall value and construction, especially next to the Aeroscout.
There's a vendor with some pretty neat balsa models, several of which are more or less nitro-ready. I've already ordered this one is for a .10-.15 engine, might eventually get an OS .15 LA for it. They also have a mini-stick for cheap, which I'm going to use just to practice my building skills before butchering a nicer kit. That vendor, "Real Hawk store", might be my new, "jz9193"... There's this Cessna, or this Extra-330, both of which are the right size for a .15
I had to look up the 1/2A thing because it was bugging me too, this thread talks about it. Apparently it goes back all the way to the pre-RC days of free flight competition and refers to the displacement. I guess it's confusing because the rest of the scale has fallen out of use, it's not like we refer to a .46-powered plane as being D-class.
I've only gotten my first day of practice in at the club on their loaner plane; there's snow on the ground right now and when the forecast isn't for snow it's wind... I'll bide my time building and practicing on a sim, and making airplane noises with my mouth as I admire the AX engine.
The warbird collection sounds awesome, I'd love to build a P-38 with a pair of engines sometime.
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