email me at

kenair@shaw.ca

Your First R/C Model

Your first model should be a high wing trainer. I recommend that you buy this ARF high wing trainer, the Sig Kadet LT40.

We recommend an ARF for your first plane as it easy to assemble, easy to fly, will be straighter that you could build it and will fly better that something you could have built. Remember at the beginning, your building skills will be on the same level as your flying skills (poor)! 

There are many ARF trainers, some good, some bad, ask your instructor his opinion.

Many hobby shops offer a trainer package, arf plane, radio, engine, shop around, ask some club members, get the best price. 

After you get your trainer in the air, you can expect to spend another $250.00 to $750.00 in the next 12 months a various tools and accessories, so spending wisely is key.

If you buy a used model, you are taking a chance, what will you know what to look for in that plane, have you seen it fly, do you know the builder. Taking a experienced club member with you to buy used may help.

Many newbies buy cheap used stuff for the reason, "I don't want to outlay too much money before I see if I like the hobby". So they buy some one's cast off model, built too heavy, built crooked, flies like a brick, and crashes. Your first R/C experience is a disaster and you quit - so long!

Unless you can be 99% sure you are getting good stuff, then buy your first stuff new. 

If you are over 40 years old, I recommend you buy new stuff to start.

Some modelers are able to get started with used equipment in poor shape. What they lack in the financial area, they make it up in the ingenuity, resourcefulness and perseverance areas.

Evaluate your wants and needs, how much you want to spend, how quickly you want to get flying, and how much your instructor can handle if you keep bringing a brick out to the field to learn on.

If it happen you find you do not enjoy the hobby and wish to sell out, you new stuff will bring around 40% to 60% of what you paid for it.