planing on building a nitro plane from scratch, HELP

im playing on building a nitro r/c plane from scratch and i need help, so far i know about the fuel types and stuff (from my nirto r/c car), i know the engine i want, but im not sure about everything else , again HELP, any instructions on how to build on.

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A.T.

On 12/28/2003 2:24 AM Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes not so great) words of knowledge:

You are new to flying.

Building a plane from scratch is primarily a "labor of love". I would hate to see all your work go to toothpicks in about a 5 second flight.

If you are not building a trainer, buy a trainer, GET AN INSTRUCTOR, and learn to fly BEFORE putting your "labor of love" in the air.

Just my $0.02 worth.

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Ted Campanelli

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Do you truly mean "from scratch"? Draw your own plans, cut your own wood, etc? That's a pretty big undertaking if you're new to RC Aircraft. Buying and building a trainer kit for the engine of your choice would be a much easier way to start and would probably have a better chance of success. Great Planes has the manuals available online for a lot of their kits. The manuals give a good listing of the tools and supplies needed for the build. Even if you do mean 'from scratch', printing a manual for a trainer will give you lots of info about how planes go together.

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Carrell

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