I am far from an rc master pilot, still crash a bit and you need to realise crashing is learning,
you will crash get frustrated and annoyed! I don't mean to sound negative, unless you are a
natural this game takes a bit to master.
First tip would be go to a flying field have a lesson, these days most rc clubs have instructors
who use a buddy system with two radios linked together, this would be a great start and get
you along way down the track than if you try and teach yourself! An old guy once told me if
you can't afford to lose her don't fly her!
One of the hardest things I found early in the piece, if flying towards yourself you push the
stick to the right she goes left, you turn right and she goes left, as you can imagine if you are
coming into land she's all over red rover! Getting the hand eye coordination thing takes a little
while. I believe the best planes to learn on do not have ailerons, this Cub has rudder elevator
and throttle, if it is trimmed correctly you let go of the sticks and will fly straight and level
which is a great thing for people who are learning to fly.
Here is a link to Parkzones ultra Micro cub, not sure who would carry them in New Zealand,
many shops in Australia stock them, ready to fly Ultra Micro and park flyers have become very
popular in the rc aeroplane world.
www.parkzone.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=PKZ3900 As for my statement a great learners plane, as with anything that flies weight is your enemy,
you have to lug it into the air and when you come down you have to get that weight at the right
angle and speed. Because this Cub is so light and you stuff up not much happens, I have crashed
this thing too many times to count, I serious believe the only way you could do major damage is
fly her from a height vertically into a road or similar hard surface. Your other enemy is wind,
being so light wind can ground you, sadly wind and turbulence are not to scale! I don't fly my
Ultra Micros in anything over 5 knots, I refer to wind as flak, it will shot you down!
Wow I am getting long winded here, so I have added weight to my Cub with paint, struts and
my bazookas however not much and she still flys nice. If anything having struts has made her a
little stronger, the wings used to flex during loops, now nice and solid. The struts are 1mm carbon
fibre rods with some 1.5mm Evergeen half round glue to it. I also glued a plastic strip under the
wings and where they meet the fuselage, used fuse wire to hold it all together.
Sorry for my long winded answer, hope it helps out.