"Newbie"

[Antiatom]

Hi everyone. I'm new to flying. So new, that I've barley had any flying experience. I've flown some plane called a Minimax for a day once. I also bought a ARF glider called a "Wind Cruiser" but the damned thing wouldn't fly, and no one else knew how to make it fly either. (Design flaw?)

I'm thinking about just jumping into Ornithopters. Do you think this will be a hard task for me to accomplish seeing as how I've had pretty little experience.

[KeithK]

Get something like a GWS slowstick and practice flying a while, then get an ornithopter. Will save you a lot of money.

my $.02,
Keith

[Jerry Rose]

Keith is 100% right on. The ParkHawk is easy enough to fly, but does it make sense to risk a bird worth $300 (ParkHawk at $200 with another $100 worth of servos, receivers and esc)? It would be better to learn the basics on an expendable plane, then make the transition.

I'd give you a 33% chance of success if you started with the ParkHawk. Or in other words, I would give 3 to 1 odds that you would ruin the ParkHawk before you figured out what you were doing.

Plan B: Get the ParkHawk, and then get an Instructor with a Buddy Box to teach you. I learned to fly that way, and my first model is still in perfect condition!

The ParkHawk is such a blast to fly - I would hate to see your enjoyment destroyed because you were impatient or weren't prepared.

Keith's 2 cents, plus mine make 4 cents! :cool:

[Antiatom]

You know what? You guys give good advice. I'll follow it. Thanks!

I guess I'll search around for a trainer first.

[pete,pilot]

Even cheaper than a plane you coud practice on a simulator. The free FMS simulator can be downloaded from the net. there are all sorts of planes on it. Interface leads can be made up,so you can use the buddy box facility on your transmitter. Just search for "FMS simulator"