Bought the 3 planes kit but decided only to use the kits as a guide.
I laser cut the poster board pieces myself and assembled the plane using my own materials.
The video above shows my first ever RC flights with this plane. It was tail heavy and the throws were too much, esp for a first timer - mistakes well learned.
I had a some hours on a flight simulator, but I had no idea how to control the Delta.The first ever flight was not in the video; I thought a hand launch would be better than a runway take off, but I had no idea what to expect and the plane ended up doing a back flip on me, crashing hard into the ground and immediately breaking my first propeller. I was quite shocked but I had spare propellers that I was able to use and to test flights 2 - 6 shown in the video. On the last flight the plane ended up doing a cart wheel and breaking yet another prop.
Scratch build like this, was really tough to control for a straight beginner pilot.
I decided to build the FT Flyer next, and that was a much better experience. Getting a whole lot better at flying!!!
I must say for anyone who is thinking of getting into this hobby, is to start off with the cheapest electronics gear. I was not slightly worried about breaking the plane at all, as knew I could rebuild it the next day for a dollar! The only thing that worries me now is the broken props which cost a bit more, but still better that wreaking a 200 dollar plane!!!
Thanks to Flite Test for getting me started!
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