Tell about your first RC Plane

[bodywerks]

No pics, but it was a house of balsa "two tee" glider. Funny thing was that I was into RC cars and the only radio I had was a kopropo EX-7 pistol-grip radio. My first attemt to fly it was right off a high-start - needless to say, it didn't turn out so good, lol!

[airborneSGT]

Some cheap electric RC plane that ran off of NICADS. It took as much effort to get it in the air as it did to fly it. I think it was one of the early Aerobirds. I learned to fly off of that and Real Flight. My first nitro plane as a super Decathlon. That is another story.

[Xpress..]

My first was a Wattage Wind Cruizer. Flew it a few times, and fixed a few more times, and I was hooked. My first real trainer plane was a Hobby Shack schoolboy, untill the wings folded, and it took a dive into the ground.

[mciaglia]

Back to 1983 when I was 6 years old. My dad and I build a Great Planes trainer 40, with an OS Max 40 and Gold Futaba radio. Flew the crap out of that plane. Really started my passion for aviation. I had my model in the basement and my dad was building a Christen Eagle II in the garage. Moved through many planes but never forgot those days with my dad...God this is such a great hobby...

Love you Dad
5/21/43-10/18/2001


Mark

[karlwatt]

Here it is. A Goldberg Eaglet, 50" wingspan, Magnum 25, Airtronics system. Built in 1991. Still flys and has the original Monocote covering.

[zoomer260]

Man I hate to admit it but I can't remember which one it was. I do remember looking into the Tower .40 trainer but I got one that had a 64 inch wing instead of the 60 inch or less everyone else had. This was the only 64 inch trainer ARF.

And ya know what ? I still enjoyed flyng it even after I was flying Extras and a Diablo. Even had a Stinger or two. Sometimes I carried it as my backup plane in case my primary had a problem I wouldn't have to pack up and go home. I always carried at least two planes to the field just in case one didn't fly or fly all day.

And then there is the no thinking flight one gets with a trainer. Love to fly my Dads Kadet Senior. I'd like to have one now.

[N726AC]

1979, Andrews H-Ray, OS 30 and Kraft guidance. Dang thing would almost hover. All the old geezers at the field tried to discourage that kind of stuff, still do !

[Wild Thang]

Slinger by great planes

[~SnApRoLl]

I got my first r/c plane back in 1988 when I was 16 years old and it was a Great Planes PT-40 trainer kit that I bought from Tower Hobbies back in the 80's for $99.00 and it included 2 rolls of Monokote, an O.S. 40FP engine, and glue. (Wish we could see those kind of prices again) I built the kit and had probably 50 flights on it. I actually still have it!
One interesting thing about it, is the fact that it survived a fire pretty much unscathed except for a small hole in the covering on the wing when it was hanging up for display at a friends hobby shop!!

Shawn

[FENWAYFLYER]

My first plane was a Funtana 100 with a satio 125 I never seen a plane fly before the gentalman at the LHS said I would be back boy was he ever right. Two weeks later I was ordering replacement parts which happened to be on back order sooooo. I bought another whole set-up, same thing still have today boy am I in deap know. The people in this hobby are great.