Bought a new plane

[kwong2001]

Well, I took another look at the plane, and surprisingly, I think it's repairable. I took a portion of the wing that broke off, and connected the two back up, and the very easily slid back into place like nothing happened. It'll take a day or so, but with a "little" epoxy, i'm quite confident the plane will fly once again...it'll just be a little heavier lol

I'm pretty sure all the pieces are with the plane, so it shouldn't show too much evidence of the crash.

 

[kwong2001]

Well, another plane has been bought. it was a little unexpected. I had to buy a new starting system for my helicopter, ended up heading way up north to everett, about 50-60 minutes from my house. My dad wanted to come, and to make a long story short, instead of spending $50, we left with $260 worth of stuff in hand.

Anyhoo, the plane is an E-Flite Yak 54F. I'm not really up to date with the latest and greatest in foamies, but apparently this one is a fresh release that most people don't have.

My dad's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he REALLY wanted to buy a new plane for me. The whole time we were there, e kept bugging meto let him buy it for me, so I said "okay." But sad thing is I really feel overly spoiled when he buys me stuff so easily.

 

[Candyman]

Dude, your dad rules!

I like those E-flite planes. I was thinking about getting their ultimate bipe, but then I realized it would cost an arm and a leg to go brushless and get a new radio to 3D with. I guess I'll stick to ground for now.

 

[kwong2001]

Well, the startup costs for foamies are about the same as starting out in r/c cars. For a 4 channel RTF with good equipment, it'll be around $550 including the charger. Which is really about the same as getting anything decent with an r/c car. For quality race equipment for r/c cars, you're looking at roughly $700-1000. The $550 for a foamie, includes a fully capable 3D plane which can do everything.