I know this is off topic alittle, I Just bought an rc air plane and was having fun flying it. My son wanted to try it out and must of hit the trim. Anyways shes in a tree about 75 feet off the ground cant seem to get it out! Bummer!!! Talk about depressing!!

Cut down the tree!:D

What type of tree are we talking about here? Time to start climbing? :)

Ya well I think the school district would be mighty mad if I did that..:D

I called a volinteer fire fighter. hes going to go look at it tomorrow. Hopefully we can get it down. :rolleyes:

I'm sure you'll get it down (fingers crossed). I was kidding about the climbing...for the most part ;)

Originally posted by WOODKNACK
Ya well I think the school district would be mighty mad if I did that..:D


Tell them I said it was OK. ;)

To bad I don't live close but, we could pluck it out with my R/C heli.

Do you have little guys that jump out and rope down?

LOL.:D :D :D :D

OO sure! :)

Paul that is a SWEEEEEEEEEET Heli....

Paul,

I have heard that RC helicopters are pretty tough to fly.
True or False ? How long does it take to get competent at
it ?

jon

Originally posted by jonbanquer
Paul,

I have heard that RC helicopters are pretty tough to fly.
True or False ? How long does it take to get competent at
it ?

jon

Hard yes, but with a simulator it can help you 100%. I learned with-out one without any crashes.

To learn to hover it can take 5 flight to 100 it all depends on YOU. If you can fly a R/C plane you'll learn much faster than having any not flown any R/C aircraft.

Here is a review I did for a trainer type Heli- http://rcuniverse.com/reviews.php?action=show_review&reviewid=81

Originally posted by CNCadmin
Hard yes, but with a simulator it can help you 100%. I learned with-out one without any crashes.

To learn to hover it can take 5 flight to 100 it all depends on YOU. If you can fly a R/C plane you'll learn much faster than having any not flown any R/C aircraft.

Here is a review I did for a trainer type Heli- http://rcuniverse.com/reviews.php?action=show_review&reviewid=81

Okay. I will go check out your review. Looking forward to
seeing what you had to say. Thanks for the link. BTW, can I
infer from what you said above that there is a realistic
software simulator available for learning how to fly / hover ?

jon

Real Flight is very good but costly.

:(

Had a volinteer fire man come look at it. Even he is unsure of getting it down with out spending money. The plane is wedged between 2 notches in a tree, even the wind dont move it. It was real windy here the other day and it never budged. Oh well the plane(Firebird Commander) only cost $110 so im not out that much. We did have fun while it lasted anyway! The pisser is I have the remote TX and I dont think it can be used with anything else! Its a FM27.255 CH6
I dont know if I can buy just a reciever and servos for the radio?

Nope, the remote won't work with anything else...:( If you are intersted in electric airplanes, go to www.ezonemag.com in the forums (ezone) there is tons of info to help you out. Also ask for help with your stuck airplane, as there will be tons of suggestions for getting it out there.

Eric

Here is the link to the electric forums: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/index.php?topic=air-elec

Eric

Thanks i'll check that out!

I would go to www.RCuniverse.com personnally. :)

Ive been there too. boy there is a TON of stuff on there!

Take me a life time to read.

thanks again for all you help guys!

Originally posted by wms
Cut down the tree!:D
I still like this idea:p :p

PEACE:D

RCuniverse is also very good, but if electrics is your thing, there will be more info/experience found at ezone.

Eric

here's an idea........ find a neighborhood cat and throw it up in the tree , when the fire department comes to get it out ,(because your son is crying for his cat) just have them get the plane too!! Good Luck Ö¿Ö