Electric Trainers

Nov 23, 2004 4 Replies

I am hoping to get into the world of electric powered models, any idea as to a good trainer for a beginner?



MAC


Multiplex EasyStar as shown at

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Alan T.

Mike Connell opined

Try the Watttage Mini Blue Max. Easy to put together, flies nicely, has ailerons and is inexpensive.

-ash Cthulhu in 2005! Why wait for nature?

Without a doubt the Multiplex Easy Star. I've flown it about 6-8 times so far and I'm a raw novice. Pay close attention to the center of gravity. I have crashed it numerous times and it just gets tossed up to fly again. Great and very durable trainer. I got the RTF version at:

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When you can keep it flying for an entire battery pack you might want to buy two extra packs from here:

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Scroll down to the pack.

Battery Pack: PC11X7F 7 Cell 1100 mAh Folded NiMH w/Connector ..... $ 29.90

I now have the stock pack and two of the NiMH packs. I fly at about 70% throttle as I find it easier to control and get 10 minutes of flying "up high" then I bring it down to tree top level for another 3-5 minutes; this on the NiMH packs. The stock pack gives about 7 min and then 3 more low flying.

There is a lot of info on this BB just on the EasyStar. The first page (of

13) is here:
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are 500 posts to a page, lots of stuff to read through.

Good Luck, Tony

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