Subj : New hobby
To   : Amcleod
From : Pistolgrip
Date : Sun Jan 07 2001 07:11 am

RE: New hobby
BY: Amcleod to Digital Man on Sat Jan 06 2001 05:38 am

OTE: TIDE 1.10   [UNREGISTERED]
 >  > love with the thing. But I don't live near a slope, so I bought the 400-X
 >  > (electric powered) and have crashed it every time I've flown it (first ti
 >  > a very tall tree, second day in the middle of a lake). The thing is so to
 >  > though, it just bounces right back (the lake water fried the receiver and
 >  > speed controller though). Anyway, I bought a 3C for myself after I heard
 >  > near-by popular slope (called Glider Hill), but I haven't built it yet.
 >
 > The first thing I'd have to do is learn how to fly.  That means an
 > INDESTRUCTABLE aeroplane with only limited controls to master.  When you hav
 > to order it from overseas, hope it makes the journey down here uninjured, bu
 > it, and then look for somewhere HARD to crash it, you want it to withstand
 > minor problems like being run over bu a Hino or nose-diving into a barbed wi
 > fence!

Learning to fly is not too terribly difficult.  I think those 'zagi'
planes are a great place to start, they look very durable.  I havn't
flown R/C in many years, but I was quite heavily into both R/C planes
and R/C cars in my younger years.  I even had a sponsorship by Team
Associated and traveled all over for car races.  There is a
considerable amount of fun in building and rebuilding planes.  Not to
mention th satisfaction of actually taking one up and bringing it down
in one piece :)

I used to go to all the shows and meetings around here and some of the
stuff those guys would bring and fly amazed me.  The coolest probably
being a scaled-down F15 complete with real miniature jet engines, he
had to get clearance to fly the thing if he was within a certain
distance of an airfield :-)

I've been thinking of breaking open the 'fly-box' again lately and I
think maybe I'll pickup one of the Zagi 400's to get used to flying
again.  I've still got two old gas powered trainers, but I don't want
to tear them up yet again until I *think* I know how fly somewhat
again.  I've been taking lessons in a real cessna over the last year
and I dunno if that will help or hurt at this point.

What TX/RX and servos are recommended for zagi's planes?  I've got a
couple older sticks and servos, but I'm not sure if they will work.

PG


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