I was thinking of getting one.. looking at a Hobbyzone Supercub S. Seems like a good first plane. Anyone know anything about them?

i don't know much about that one. i've not flown mine in nearly 6 years now. it's not a hobby. it's an addiction. welcome to the addiction.

I used to fly turbine powered jets. It's like crack, very addictive!

 

I have a couple of jet airframes left, but haven't flown in years.

 

Found a pic of one of my turbine jets. It's still hanging in my basement.

I used to fly a lot, when I had access to a field.   That was a couple of moves ago.  I don't know of anyplace within an hour of me now that allows gas/glow planes...and I never really got into electrics.

for a trainer, if you're flying glow/gas........nothing smaller than .40 size. preferably high wing. a high wing plane with a lot of dihedral won't be very fast, but it'll right itself more readily when you get yourself into trouble. sometimes these trainers don't like to land, as they just friggin float down the runway.

 

 my first trainer was a hobbico superstar .40. got tired of the .40 engine real quick, and put an enya .46 on the nose. woke her up. then i went to a world models t34.  ran that with an enya .50 on the nose. crashed it many times. glued back together, and flew again. got a horizon hobbies t34 with retracts, a p51, a p38, an extra300, 3 helicopters, a zagi(foam combat wing electric powered), and an electric corsair.

 

 this is massive fun.

I just picked up my 1st trainer Quad copter --  It's called a "Q Bot" from hobby King --  Micro sized hobby grade quad -- the beauty is it uses your Transmitter not some plastic piece of junk

 

I'm running it with a Futaba 9CHP that I bough new 10 years ago -- I used it to fly simulators on my computer back then

 

I went electric copter because I can fly in my backyard -- if I had to go to a field every time I wanted to fly I would never fly

 

Eventually I will build my own multi rotor -- but for now the $34 trainer is teaching me to fly both inside and outside -- handles mild wind with ease 

there's a club that flys in a field right by me in Three Bridges,

 

I always wanted to get into it but never could lay out the coin

I screwed around with a cheap one. Crashed it a lot to the point where it wasn't possible to glue the styrofoam fuselage back together.

 

But check this out. Not where you start, but a cool aspiration.

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m9f1ov3pdCc

if you want something to mess around with get a micro flyer from parkzone... there a lot of fun. You dont need much room for one either. If you like it you can just go up in plane size from there. The past 8 or so years the market has exploded for foam electric planes and most of them are pretty good.

This model I am looking at is not too big and is a slow flyer. Apparently, it has 3 modes. Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced allowing you to grow with it. It also has this SAFE technology so if you get into real trouble, you can press a button on the transmitter and the plane will auto correct itself.

I will be ordering it today and I'll let you know how quickly I drive the thing into the ground lol!

http://www.horizonhobby.com/product/airplanes/safe-technology/ready-to-fly/sport-cub-s-rtf-with-safe-reg%3B-technology-hbz4400

I used to fly a lot, when I had access to a field.   That was a couple of moves ago.  I don't know of anyplace within an hour of me now that allows gas/glow planes...and I never really got into electrics.

 

The park right next to SCFGPA allows for gas planes - at least I think so - I hear them all the time when I'm at SCFGPA.

The park right next to SCFGPA allows for gas planes - at least I think so - I hear them all the time when I'm at SCFGPA.

It's a public flying field at North Branch Park in Bridgewater:

http://somersetcountyparks.org/parksFacilities/northbranch/NorthBranchPk.html

but you need a permit to fly there.

The 4H also uses that park and has a RC Car track there. Also lots of fun, but now the kids are older I have a fleet of vehicles in the basement that I should list and sell.

 

Interesting.  I used to fly a little when I was younger - had a trainer but never really got fully into it.

 

It's much easier to get into now with higher powered LiPo batteries - less difficult to setup and less mess than with a glo engine.

I used to fly there.  Not a bad field, but it did get crowded at times, and the flight line faces west, making it impractical for late afternoon flights, when typically I was most able to fly.

 

I lost one plane in the sun, and another in a mid-air collision before I decided it wasn't worth the 45 minute drive.  

 

Before that, I lived near the Washington Crossing field.  That one spoiled me...

I've got so much open park space by me..finding a place to fly, close to home is a non issue.