Re: RC model for my 4 year old?
- From: "Nemo" <nemo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 09:57:26 -0400
"Ed Paasch" <bigedmustafa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> It's awfully tough to find anything that a 4-year old won't destroy within
> 5 minutes. Even a single stick radio control plane like an Air Hogs
> Defender (about $30 at your local Wal or K Mart) would be challenging for
> a four-year old to keep in the air.
>
> Hobbico has a new Micro Ultrix Biplane that might be worth a peek:
>
> http://www.flyzoneplanes.com/airplanes/hcaa1993.html
>
> There is the previously mentioned Air Hog that isn't a stealth bomber
> flying wing:
>
> http://www.airhogs.com/airhogs/airhogsProduct.jsp?key=158
>
> My local Toys R Us had a clearance on Tyco Sky Scorcher airplanes. I
> bought one just for fun for about $20 a couple of weeks ago. Very short
> flight times and difficult controls probably aren't what you're looking
> for. My four year old nephew had fun chasing it for me when we flew it at
> a local ball diamond, though.
>
> You might seriously consider sticking with free flight models instead of
> radio controlled planes to start out with. There are plenty of good
> choices from $10 to $15, and even the rubber band powered planes for $3 to
> $5 should keep a four-year old busy for a while. I just haven't seen too
> many four year olds with the hand-to-eye coordination to manage a radio
> controlled airplane.
>
> "Doug McLaren" <dougmc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:QQvQe.209742$gL1.165515@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> In article <1125286255.661707.184500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> <sigmatero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> | I've been out of electric RC for a while. What is currently the
>> | cheapest setup (radio, plane, etc) electric plane that is very
>> | stable and easy to fly yet gives decent flight performance? I would
>> | like something around the $50 mark if possible.
>>
>> Stable. Easy to fly. Decent flight performance. Cheap.
>>
>> Pick any two :)
>>
>> (Actually, Easy to Fly implies stable, though Stable doesn't always
>> imply Easy to Fly.)
>>
>> In any event, what you want doesn't exist.
>>
>> However, if cost is the #1 consideration, I'd suggest this --
>>
>> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=92304
>>
>> The `Yellow Bee'. It's $30 at Harbor Freight Tools stores right now
>> until the end of the month, at least in Austin.
>>
>> It comes with everything you need, and since they're not really in the
>> business of selling R/C planes, they'll probably even do an exchange
>> if you say `it broke' when it's obvious that _you_ crashed it.
>>
>> It is relatively stable. Flight peformance sucks, as it always does
>> when you have a two channel plane with only differential thrust for
>> control. It's about as cheap as you'll ever get for a new plane.
>>
>> It's not that easy to fly. You do have limited controls, and that's
>> good for ease of flight, but you have to think a few seconds ahead, as
>> it can't do what you tell it right away, so that can be tricky. But
>> it is stable ...
>>
>> But it does fly, and it flies better than some other similar planes
>> that I've seen. I even bought one myself for playing around ...
>>
>> As for it being appropriate for a four year old, my daughter is four
>> and a half, and she loves daddy's R/C stuff. However, she doesn't
>> have the coordination for anything but a slow R/C car. An airplane?
>> No way. Maybe if you fly and he just watches ...
>>
>> If you want a `serious' setup, you'll need at least three channels --
>> rudder or ailerons, elevator and throttle. But you're not likely to
>> get that for much under $150, unless it's used. Two channels can work
>> OK for a glider, but not many people really want unpowered gliders.
>>
>> --
>> Doug McLaren, dougmc@xxxxxxxxxx
>> "You can't have your cake and eat it too. So let me eat it."
>
>
Start the little rascal on a computer simulator program. If he/she can
master that, they won't have any trouble with the real thing later on. And
it will save you many hours of repairs and frustration.
The cheapest simulator available would work just fine, in this instance.
Ed Cregger
.
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