New pilot questions

[flightrisk]

Hey all,
This is my first experience with RC flying I am very excited to get started........I am in the process of buying a plane right now. I found a used super cub for about $110.00 it is not a LiPo!. Should I buy new what else do I need to know? The only experience I have so far is watching a couple of guys at the park by my house, they were very friendly and seem to know what they are talking about......Any help will be much appreciated

Thanks in advance,
flightrisk

[flydiver]

For $110 not likely to be lipo but better be in good shape for that price. Lipo can come later.

If those guys really can fly, take your plane down, be friendly, and throw yourself on their mercy. Make 'em your buddies. Have the plane checked out. Get them to put the Cub WAY up high and hand you the TX. Be VERY willing to hand it back or have them take it back when it gets down lower than 100 feet. It is positively amazing when a perfectly nice flying plane is handed to a newbie that it will be going straight for the ground within seconds at 2x it's normal flying speed. If you set the TX on the ground it would do better.

Keep reading in the forum. There is a LOT to learn, not just flying. In the whole process of RC learning the flying part is actually rather small but seems to be the only hurdle at first.

Good luck, have fun.
Try it with ACT on, and ACT off when HIGH. Personally I don't like ACT at all. It's a disaster close to the ground.

[flightrisk]

Thanks flydiver!!!!!! any feedback is great especially when you are a newbie
I will continue to read