I have to agree with Randy, the indestructible nature of EPP is the best learning tool and one that is more likely to keep someone in the hobby long enough to realize enough success to stick with it. The discouragement from trashing a first plane is enough to blow out 50% of the people that get started in the hobby. That being said, I still think the Easy Glider is a very close second best to EPP and probably the thing I would recommend. I would also recommend the electric version so they could fly without launching equipment! (keep in mind that 80% of my business is launching equipment!) I have threatened to kit an EPP full house glider for a long time, but I think the Easy Glider is a lot more convenient, especially since it goes together so quickly without needing any real building skills. That is the nature of our hobby now, people don't want to spend time building, so molded replaceable parts are going to rule.....
Mark Mech www.aerofoam.com > Think EPP foam for learning. Yes Olympics of various sorts were ok at one > time to learn on. I did. But that was in the days before EPP. When you > are learning to fly, you are going to crash a lot. With any stick built > plane like an Olympic, a crash probably means the end of the days flying. > It's really a bummer if it was a crash on the first launch. > If the plane you crashed is EPP, it means you dust it off and fly a bunch > more. The more flying time you get, the faster you learn to fly. And you > don't get discouraged by having short flying sessions and long repairs. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
