does anyone know any good tutorial videos for learnn to fly RC planes.since playin il-2 i wana get one now an get good enough so i can the parkzone BF 109

Learning to Fly RC Planes
 

imnotgeoff,
Best way to learn how to fly is with an RC Flight Simulator. Here's alink to one: http://www.realflight.com/

Its a lot less expensive than buying and crashing planes as a learning process -- and not nearly as frustrating. You crash in a simulator, and you just laugh and hit the reset button. You crash one for real (and I've crashed many) and it ruins your whole week. It also lets you fly several different types of planes. I've got an older one than the version I've in the link above. I don't know where you live -- but alot of hobby shops will usually have a flight simulator in their store that you can try for free.

Naturally -- these are my opinions only.

And that's a good one. :!::!:

Rc are expensive and it so easy to crash. You have to try on sim at least to get used of the controls and how it works. And how to handle reverse control (when the plane is coming towards you) - that's not very natural

You can connect your controler via USB

Once your plane is up in the air (which is not very difficult to acheive), that you have made some 8 and slow turn, remenber that you have to land. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

And that's the big part lol

Nah landings not hard, unless you planning on being able to take off again then it gets trickier :grin:.

*looks at his heli* I'll keep my mouth shut.

Yeah enjoy your first fly. :-P :-P :-P

It could be the last lol

there is a free rc flight sim that you can down load but i cant remember the name of it i google and try and find it for i used it when i got into flying nitro helis didnt last that long too damn expensive when you crash :)

ok found it its called fms here is a link to the download page

http://rcvehicles.about.com/gi/o.htm.../fms/down.html

enjoy

Good advice, esp after playing BOP where controls are swapped. I don't think anyone should ever invest in an rc plane BEFORE buying something like real flight and getting some virtual hours racked up.

I'd say by the time you learn how to hover a virtual 3d plane from all angles, you have a solid understanding and muscle memory to fly your first RC plane - you can probably even start with a low wing model coming from the RC sims.

I put in a solid week (probably 3 to 4 hours a day) of Realflight, got to the point where I could land, take off, and do all the 3d stuff with the 3D planes before I picked up my first RC plane (Precision Aerobatics addiction - awesome plane if you like to show off). My first 10 flights went off with no problems, my only wrecks have been due to pushing limits (all easily repaired too)- not due to any control confusion on my part.

I credit that with the time I put in with Realflight. These rc flight sims are awesome tools that the old school RC guys probably wish they had when they got into the sport.

Another vote for the free RC sim. They make a great one for helicopters too (also free) called Heli X. These will save you a BUNDLE in the long run.

There's even a simulator on Xbox live Arcade you can download that is good for a start. A little arcadey, but it will teach you the most important part, which is orientation and control when flying AT you (gets most new pilots, myself included!).

I've got an 8 yo son who played around in my simulator, and we can now fly out in the front yard. He has a two channel, moving up to a three as he has it well in hand. Lots of fun! :)

Be sure to check out RC dogfighting too! I have the 'Sonic Combat' modules from parkzone. You get on another planes tail, pull the trigger on your controller and if you hit him, his motor turns off for a few seconds sending him doooooownn.... :) Loads of fun! I believe it works with all the new warbirds they have too. Just waiting for them to port it over to the micros. Also have a bomb dropper, onboard camera... The fun never ends with this stuff!

How true!! The fun never ends with this stuff. I've got RC cars, trucks, tanks, motorcycles, helis, etc -- but there is just something special about flying the planes. I purchased the Combat Module when I bought the PZ FW 190 about 4 or 5 years ago, but never got a chance to try it out -- because I could never find anyone else who had the same set up. So its pretty cool. I take it?

I know a guy who used to participate in similar RC "dogfighting"... Not as high-tech as sonic combat though.

His group used bright and very thin strips of paper (streamers?) attached to the tails of their planes. Each plane had it's own color. In order to get a kill you had to get on someones tail and chop off the strip with the prop. If you "died" you had to land and wait until the game was over.

I think this variant is pretty common amongst those interested in RC dogfighting.