I want a plane

[Revo Rancher]

This is my second plane.

http://www.hobbypeople.net/gallery/128317.asp

This was my first plane.

http://www.hobbypeople.net/gallery/128438.asp

Start slow and small, and electric.

 

[wannarunem]

The sim is a great thing if its in your budget. From what I understand, your looking to spend less then the sim will cost.

yeah if its that costly i will just learn how to fly in the field.

 

[digger]

About $150 to $200 for a simulator. It is a lot of help. Nice to mess around with on the cold winter days when you are stuck in the house. http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXWL77&P=3
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXHXV6&P=3

You are running rc cars? You are almost there. I keep ragging on an instructor, but I didn't have one. Lost about 4 planes before I learned. Didn't have the electrics like they do now, either. Have seen some of those that you could walk beside.

 

[kwong2001]

A simulator will help you out A LOT. Before I ever flew an r/c plane, I spent like 2 months on Realflight. When I finally buddy corded and flew for the first time, everyone was super impressed that I could hold altitude and kept constant control of the plane. To put it in perspective, most n00bs when they fly for the first time, they're all over the skies and the instructor usually will have to take the controls A LOT.

Like I said, took me 9 flights to become solo certified. Probably the biggest difference between the simulator and real life is just the added depth perception. It's something to get used to, and it's VERY important when landing. It's very hard to tell if you're lined up and over the runway on landing, which is a big depth perception thing.

If you can squeeze the simulator in your budget, buy it.

 

[greenwing7]

maybe e-bay has one in your budget
http://cgi.ebay.com/RC-Simulator-Ai...oryZ2563QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...rom=R8&satitle=rc+flight+simulator&category0=