“I’m too poor to buy cheap.” -Some guy on a forum about RC-Planes
It’s quite some time since I posted the last time and a lot of things happened ever since.
On one side I fixed the funman by ordering a new body. Luckily for me, the engine, the flight controler and two servos were already built in so I only had to add the reciever and the battery pack. Also I upgraded it by adding ailerons.
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| Picture in the Manual of the Easy Glider 4 with the most important expressions |
On an other point I bought a real beginner plane. The Multiplex Easy Glider 4. It was not only the recommendation of the seller but also of some guy I met at the store. This guy told me that the Easy Glider 4 is a very simple Plane, perfect for beginners and - if I wish - he could show me some the basics.
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| Easy Glider 4 by Multiplex |
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| Spektrum DX6 |
I agreed and he told me to get a better remote control than the one included in the kit. He recommended the DX6 from Spektrum and showed me a Set including the remote and a reciever.
I ordered and got this huge tool full of switches and stuff. It’s a faster computer than the one I have at home ;)
Two weeks later we met on a hill with some other guys. Michael, that’s his name, is in an association of RC-Pilots. It’s mostly some middle aged men sitting together on a little air field, discussing this and that. Every now and then one gets up, takes his plane and does some turns.
Michael showed me how to propperly prepare the plane for the flight, reminded me to always turn on the remote before connecting the battery pack inside the plane and showed me the advantage of ailerons. It took me all afternoon to manage the plane the way they expected it of me. Every now and then someone gave me a tip but they were not pushy or stressing. It was a very relaxed afternoon and it was what it took to finally make me understand how to do some simple maneuvers. In the evening I was almost able to land the plane propperly. Almos because at the very last moment I confused left and right while the plane was heading towards me and it hit the ground. Still it did not hit the ground as hard as it did before.
Since that afternoon I’m motivated to do more. I applied to become a member in the Pilot Association, I tried to program multiple things on all those switches on my remote, I ordered new recievers so I can fly all my planes with one remote and so far.
Today then I took the Funman, my Multiplex remote and two battery packs and went for a flight. It was awesome. I finally manage to control the movements of the plane and every time I “landed” it without completely destroing it. I even managed to mount the mobius action cam and make a movie about it.
