May be this has bee already discusses, but lets up-to-date the topic and bump it up!

After ordering Futaba T7C, Great Plane 35A ESC etc from Towers, now I am looking to procure an Electric ARF trainer of around 46-56 inch wing span (medium) from India itself. It should have all the 3 control surface active (Rudder/Elevator/Aileron) and bear rough handling of my toddler day in RC.

What options do I have from Indian stores ? as far as high winger Trainers goes, I don't find many option in Electric (there are few Nitro/Gas ones ) . I am really looking forward to Cessna, Decathlon, Easy Cub/ ElectricFly kind of models, which should be made to regularly detach wings for transportation. Sadly they are not offered by Indian stores (I know Mr Sai listening). Personally I wished to start with Nitro themselves, but having a car still 3-4 months away, I guess its better to start with Electric.

And yes, till i get a Jakkur airfield membership, I would also like to takes my hand on smaller foamies  and fly them in some parks as I am Sick of SIMs. Any recommendation for them is a welcome!

Thanks in advance,
Ujjwal

If you have the dough, Multiplex planes would be one of your best choices for ARF electrics.

I think you could consider the GWS Tiger Moth 400 
http://cgi.ebay.in/GWS-TIGER-MOTH-400_W0QQitemZ110441625104QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_203?hash=item19b6d57610

Since you want with aileron's but  otherwise we can supply you the Easy Star or Easy cub.

Rgds
Sai

I have been flying slow stick till now....I want to try aileron model.
To begin with which is the good beginner model with ailerons. Of course I don't want to spend much as its just beginning.

Hi Vicky,


Why don't you build a spad for yourselves with ailerons..you would get to learn as well as it would be cheap..

cheers

atul g.

Yes, Atul I want to... but I dont have any shop near by to procure items i require for building a SPAD. Bombay and Pune both are more than 100 KM from my location.

dude..you stay in karjat its not far from pune...worth a trip to pune's city stores..

make a huge list buy all the stuff and go back home smiling..

I suggest what atul suggests. there are plenty of free plans that you can try. Once you get used to flying/crashes, then you can invest on a good RTF that flies well and sharp.

Exactly..I agree with Vinay..Some guys on our field do the same..A friend of mine build himself a stingray or mugi if you would like to call it just to practice on it as he bought a funjet from sai...

rather crash the spads then new planes..

Atul PM me ur Mob No. I will get in contact with you for the address of stores.

Hi Ujjwaana,

I have the same dilema of which trainer. The obvious choice was a scratch build rather than a ARF - depending on the foam, you can build one for less than 500 bucks whereas the ARF start from 4K upwards.

I started with a 48" wingspan which I made too bulky, so I scrapped it and built a lean/thin 53" version of a trainer. Then I realized that I dont have good size ground to try it out.

So my suggestion would be to make the first trainer small and light so that you can try out it in your regular parks

Pankaj

another thing is that you might want to just go in with Elev + Rudder in the first attempt. Plug the rudder link to the Aileron socket of the Rx. The reason for saying this is that at the start, one does not have proper control and so while flipping the rudder one would tend to increase/decrease the throttle as well.

Pankaj