Our club has sponsored an ARF-only class. The Spirit ARF is indeed a good plane for beginners. If you can tolerate a 1-piece wing, you can glue the joiner in and fiberglass the joint, which gives a pretty strong wing. Once launched, it thermals well, is very hard to tip stall, and generally is well-mannered. --- David Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Great Planes Spirit 2-meter ARF is a good choice. For anything > but a > light winch launch, you might want to replace the balsa in the wing > joiner > with some good plywood of the same thickness (ARF kit comes with two > pieces > of aluminum which you sandwich over a piece of balsa and glue with > expoxy). > Otherwise, this plane is easy for beginners to fly, fairly durable > (there > are still no good EPP trainers that come in an ARF as far as I know), > and > will still be fun to fly even after the training period if it > survives. > They do take some time for a beginner to complete (probably at least > 8-12 > hours unless the person has some other building experience) but of > course a > lot less time than the non-ARF kit takes. I hear the Aspire 2-meter > ARF is > also a good choice, but have never seen one myself. > > Good luck! > David Cole > Fort Worth, Texas > http://msinow.com/rc/ - R/C Sailplane site for beginners > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clarkson, Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 4:36 PM > Subject: [RCSE] Need ARF Trainer Suggestions > > > > Looking for a poly trainer to teach a couple of people how to fly. > Any > > suggestions for good winch launch strength, adequate performance, > but most > > of all very very low building time? > > > > Thanks > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send > "subscribe" > and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send > "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
