| Are you dying to join the brigades of the rc plane | | | | - after all, you don't want the wheels to fall off during |
| hobbyist but have no idea which plane to start with? | | | | flight! Follow this by adding the tail fin, quickly attached |
| If so, then you could do worse that try out the | | | | via a couple of convenient thumbscrews. Finally, just |
| "'Begin-Air' RTF Electric RC Plane". | | | | hook the rudder and elevator push rods into place and |
| Appropriately described as 'the Ultimate Flight Trainer', | | | | you're done. |
| this nifty little beginners RC plane kit has been designed | | | | Once the assembly is finished and you start to study |
| with the novice pilot in mind and incorporates all those | | | | the completed plane itself with your (probably yet to |
| features essential to helping the new flyer to not just | | | | be acquired) expert eye, you soon realise that the |
| get up and running, but also to keep them running for | | | | body is not just beautifully sleek, but has also been |
| as long as possible. | | | | carefully constructed from virtually unbreakable |
| The first clue to the suitability for the total beginner | | | | polypropylene, an absolute godsend in those inevitable, |
| comes in the RTF part of the name. This 3 letter | | | | heartbreaking crashes, neatly minimising the need to |
| acronym stands for Ready To Fly, and indicates how | | | | pack up after your maiden flight in order to start |
| this 'everything included' set has been designed for the | | | | repairing the badly broken bodywork. |
| real novice,coming, as implied, with everything you need | | | | Looking further, you'll notice that the designers |
| (if you can discount the minor requirement to supply 8 | | | | maintained their consideration for the beginner when |
| AA batteries!) in an easy to assemble kit, with | | | | they positioned the motor on the body. Cleverly, not |
| absolutely no tools needed. It even includes a great | | | | only has this been set high up and centrally on the |
| training video CD with full flight instructions and tips. | | | | body to give good balance and stability and so making |
| Talking of batteries, you can see that this plane has an | | | | flying easy for the beginner, it's also rear facing, |
| electric, rather than gas (known as nitro), powered | | | | perfect for protecting the fragile rotor blade when |
| engine, meaning anyone capable of inserting batteries | | | | those unfortunate crashes for occur. |
| has all the skill needed to get the plane going. None of | | | | Examining the layout further, you also realise that the |
| that messy work of transporting fuel in little gas | | | | wings themselves have been sensibly mounted at the |
| containers and then topping up the tank through | | | | top of the body, adding further to the already superb |
| miniature funnels! | | | | balance and stability. |
| To get your new plane up and flying, you simply begin | | | | And thats it! The kit comes with the radio receiver |
| by unpacking the two wings and slot the left into the | | | | already installed, so now you just need to pick up the |
| right. Next you take he landing gear (the wheels) and | | | | transmitter and switch on. |
| slot them int o the main fuselage, ensuring its a tight fit | | | | Your very first RC plane is ready to fly! |