First Flight - Ever  I had just completed my first model glider kit. It was a covered balsa construction with a sixty inch wingspan, two channel control, built for slow flying....

No Beginner's Luck  Thanks to a friend's generous Xmas gift card, I at long last bought my first R/C plane - electric trainer, 4 ch. I'd been wanting to try R/C flying since ...

Where'd it go?  I was flying my PT-40 built in 1983. Just installed a brand new Futaba FASST radio and servers. Plane wouldn't take off due to broken elevator pushrod ...

Shuttles ain't made for low rolls  After a few flights on my Trex 600 nsp and getting over my first rolls and loops I had the bug to do more and learn the whole 3D thing in 1 day.
The battery ...

Open field almost  I was having a wonderful day, mostly cloudy, 78 degrees out, less than 10MPH wind, sun on my back. Been flying off and on for about 3-4 hours with a couple ...

Hobbyzone Super Cub First Flight Crash  Took my brand new HobbyZone Super Cub out Christmas day. Had no experience but hearing how great the plane flew from different forums and watching first ...

Low fuel?  I built this little plane from a free set of plans from a magazine, powered by an Enya SS25.
Flew absolutely fantastic but the fuel tank was small and ...

Get proper training  Had a couple of lessons from my local club and I thought how hard can this be... So I had a go on my own, bad move as it went straight up then down just ...

Maiden Flight  This was nothing I did..... of course!
Upon second take off the plane climbed and promptly veered sharp left until it met the ground at a high rate of ...

Seagull Cap 232 and Radio Interference?  Seagull Cap 232 with an SC .61 2 stroke. At about 120ft the plane seemed to stall then spiral with a small amount of elevator inputted.
Moving the controls ...

First Nitro Plane  Bought a really nice new model trainer - was an ARF - couldn't be bothered taking it to an rc flying club (bad mistake!) so took it off from a country ...

Crystal crash  A rookie error on my behalf, crashed 2 planes in 20 mins, an F-18c Tiger EDF Jet and a FW190... I know I should have gone home.
It wasn't until I collected ...

Learning to fly RC sucks!  I am very new to the pastime. I bought a $30.00 foamy from the local electronics store and enjoyed flying it in a soccer field. I decided that I had such ...

I destroyed my first RC plane myself!  I was flying my 2 flights old Boomerang ... all of sudden somebody turned on music in a car parked nearby; I was preparing for my landing at that very ...

P40 mishap  A beautiful flying day at the field, my friend Ted and Jerry showed up with their Fokker Wulf and P-40, Ted flying the P40 as well as myself flying an ...