I've been a bad boy!

[Mart61]

Just taken a step into the darkside. My wife just bought me one of these:

[IMG]http://www.horizonhobby.co.uk/aeroonline/e3parkzone/e3_pkz1980_wildcat/e3_pkz1980_wildcat_art/e3_wildcat_main.jpg[/IMG]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhVTIBTLxRo[/ame]

[Hangar-7]

Welcome Martin to fixed wing flying - you'll enjoy it - trust me (I know you've done before). It adds a different dimension to flying. Hope you'll find a field to fly it from.

Happy flying

Cheers:cheers2:

[Mart61]

[quote=Hangar-7;530778]Hope you'll find a field to fly it from.

Happy flying

Cheers:cheers2:[/quote]

Many thanks - I'm only a few miles from Chobham Common so will be flying there.

:D

[spunkmyer]

Hey I do FW more than I fly helis at the moment. Nice looking bird that one martin. I'm after the Parkflyer T28.

[Mart61]

[quote=spunkmyer;530784]Hey I do FW more than I fly helis at the moment. Nice looking bird that one martin. I'm after the Parkflyer T28.[/quote]

Thanks. I got it in Windsor from a department store called Daniels. They had the RTF version of the T-28 in there for a really good price - £134.99

[URL="http://www.danielstores.co.uk/p/7672/parkzone-t-28-trojan-rc-ready-to-fly"]ParkZone T-28 Trojan RC Ready to Fly - Planes - Radio Control - Toys & Radio Control - Daniel Stores - Daniel Stores Windsor[/URL]

[Si_B]

Looks like fun, welcome to the world of fixed wing. I can never choose between fixed wing and heli's, they both provide a different challenge.

Have you flown much fixed wing before ??, if not, watch out the for stall at slow speeds.

[Mart61]

Thanks Simon. I actually started with fixed wing but have not flown since 1991 so I have a little brushing up to do on my skills.

:D

[Smoothound]

1st thing I do with any plank is take it up high, slow it down and force it to stall just so I know what to expect when I'm landing ;)

[Mart61]

I recall, on landing my FW nitros, I'd just line it up with the runway, kill the throttle and control my rate of descent with the elevator. Worked for me back then so I hope it still does.

:D

[Smoothound]

Sometimes ;)

Some have a benign stall others can bite your arse :D

Why I get it up high just to check it out before I find out by accident it drops a wing and goes into a violent spin I can't get out of :D

I've only just maidened my PE Katana MD and I thought it was going to be a nasty one but it's a pussycat so far ;)

[mattydred]

that looks and flies like a nice little plane. i like flying planes more than helis because its much more relaxing for me and dont cost as much to repair or replace when it goes pete tong.

ive got my 540 gasser forsale. if its sells then im either going to get a fast fibreglass edf bae hawk(red arrow) or a big 90 size powerfull electric spitfire

ps - i have nearly 100 flights on my parkzone(stryker) and its still on all the orignal electrics. might take it out in abit and do 3 - 4 packs

[Kozmyk]

Nice one Martin.
Good to see Parkzone making them 4ch out of the box now instead of 3ch.
I'm hoping to build up a little collection of RC WWII fighters/fbs.
The Hurricane and Mosquito are my first loves since I was knee high.

I've got a Wildcat too. :biggrinjester:

Enjoy

[Mart61]

[quote=mattydred;530824]i like flying planes more than helis because its much more relaxing for me and dont cost as much to repair or replace when it goes pete tong. [/quote]

I've heard this. Helis will be my first love but thought I'd give planks another try. I was struggling what I wanted for my birthday and this was just in my budget. :D

[quote=Kozmyk;530838]Nice one Martin.
Good to see Parkzone making them 4ch out of the box now instead of 3ch.[/quote]

That's part of the reason I bought it. Having been flying helis for a while, I can't get out of using rudder in the turns. Many years ago, when I last flew planks, I only ever used aileron and elevator to turn. However, when trying this on Phoenix, it just seemed wrong now.

[mattydred]

i just got back with the stryker. tx ran out of power b4 i ran out of old 450heli lipos:sifone:

[Kozmyk]

I'm surprised PZ don't bring their older WWII Warbird models up to 2.4GHz 4ch spec.
What I REALLY want them to do is make a Hurricane though ...



In case you were wondering, my Wildcat is a Russian 1:72 kit. ;)