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The Basics of What’s What How does it all work? How far does it fly  and can I fly it? These are just some of the many questions you’ll get when you get into the hobby and start flying. I’m going to go over some of the very basics to try and answer some questions you might have. Let’s start with what’s commonly called the radio or the transmitter. In the older days you used to check the 72 MGZ frequency you were on the make sure you didn’t interfere with someone else on the same channel. However times have...

Initial Setup In the beginning you’re going to want to fly the sexiest plane you set your eyes on. That would be the biggest mistake you could ever make in getting into this hobby. As much as you’ll want to fly that Warbird, Jet or Aerobatic plane you simply won’t be successful. The problem is that the hobby does have a learning curve and by immediately jumping to any aircraft other than a trainer you’ll be compounding that curve exponentially. In doing so you’ll frustrate the hell out of yourself and make it a costly endeavor.  What you want to...

How to get started Alright you’ve decided you want to get into the exciting world or RC aviation now what? The first thing you’ll want to do is to look at getting a trainer. There are various packages out there and we’ll go over them now. The first kind is RTF which stands for Ready To Fly and gets you everything you need to get into the air. In these packages you’ll find the model, battery, charger and transmitter. The remaining electronics are pre- installed into the airplane. A PNF package is slightly different, you’ll get the same model except...

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