Movies Added! The first in a low-cost, just $70, co-axial helicopters designed for younger pilots, the Revell Fire Strike Pro is a great looking quad-rotor helicopter that is safe, durable and easy to fly. Check out this exciting machine in the Park Pilot Section.
Interested in an Intermediate 2.4 GHz RC system? Want to learn more about 2.4 GHz? Want to learn about trimming an airplane using programmable mixing? Francis DiNovio details the new Futaba 7C FASST RC System and then installs it in a trainer-type aircraft and explains programmable mix trimming step-by-step. Take a peek in the Baggage Compartment; you will be very surprised; this is not your average radio review!
Movies Added! – The new Ready-To-Fly Art-Tech Wing Dragon 4 adds extra performance dimensions and capabilities to the popular Wind Dragon Basic Trainer by adding aileron control. Light weight, easy to fly, and great in the wind, the Wind Dragon 4 is a complete aircraft system in one box. Read about this very inexpensive RTF airplane that builds in 11 minutes without adhesive and almost without tools in Sport Aviator’s Ultra-Lite Section.
Movies Added! – Here is a flat-bottomed wing sport and trainer ARF airplane that flies like an aerobatic performer. Extremely light with quiet and clean electric power, the attractive Graupner Kadett is an amazing airplane worthy of its famous manufacturer. Look for it On The Flight Line. It is parked in the Sport Airplane Ramp.
Real Flight’s excellent graphics and realistic flight simulations caused the other simulators to upgrade their systems. The result is that the RC pilot today has many excellent simulators to choose from. But Great Planes also did not rest on their first achievements either. They have also continued to upgrade Real Flight and to introduce various expansion packages over the years.
The lowest priced conventional 4-channel, glow powered basic trainer available, the Tower Hobbies Trainer 40 Mk II out-flys more expensive RTF trainers, has a powerful .46 cu. in. engine and a 7-channel receiver but still costs only $250. Find out how they did it in this Sport Aviator “On The Flight Line” article.
A fast responding, yet gentle and easy to fly helicopter, Hirobo’s new XRB SR Sky Robo Lama offers plenty of fun in a small size and space. Everything necessary for flight is included plus training gear and landing skid braces. Strong, durable and fun to fly, this helicopter offers fixed-wing pilots a painless transition to rotary flight. Read about it in Sport Aviator’s Ultra-Lite Section.
The new Reflex XTR RC Flight Simulator provides an amazingly realistic flight experience using your own transmitter. The outstanding graphics and realistic flight performance helps new pilots to learn the basics of RC flight. See for yourself in Sport Aviator’s Baggage Compartment.
Hobbico’s new Mini-Ventura is an RTF almost right out of the box and has everything needed to fly for less than $90.00. This 3-CH powered glider is aerobatic, easy to fly and a perfect carry-around, fly-anywhere, spur-of-the moment sport model with above average park-flyer performance. Learn about it in the Ultra-Light Section.
Lanier was the very first American company to offer Almost-Ready-To-Fly models (ARF) in America. I remember flying an ARF Lanier Trainer back in the late 1960’s. They also produced ARF aerobatic and semi-scale models as well. These first ARFs featured foam wings and “plastic” molded fuselages. They flew very well and could be seen [...]
