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Begginner's
Costs Guide
Firstly:-
PLEASE CALL before buying or building your model.
Congratulations
on considering aeromodelling as a hobby, and congratulations
for having the good sense to check things out before buying.
As a club we much prefer to give advice and guidance before
rather than after as that way we can advise on a suitable
model and the modifications that are best made during the
construction stage. We can also ensure you get equipment
compatible with the instructors so as to minimise delays
through training. Please contact
me for the latest edition of our Beginner's Guide
Please
check with the club
before buying crystals, as only 1
person can fly on a frequency at a time, otherwise the model
in the air will crash and the quilty person pays the bill!!.
This means you do not switch on a
transmitter at a flying site until you have approval, normally
a frequency peg allocated for your flight. Buying
the correct crystal can
reduce the amount of down-time waiting for someone else
to land if your channel is in use.
Although
the club has a buddy box for general use, we advise that
you purchase your own. That way it is set once for your
model and does not need re-setting each time a different
pupil is flying. Again, this is a tremendous saving in valuable
time. Remember that you can always sell it on to a new beginner
when you have finished with it. The Hitec Focus or Lazer
4 (from Scoonie
Hobbies) is fully compatible with Futaba transmitters
and is an excellent choice.
The club has a number
of instructors who are prepared to give up their free time
to help train beginners. Pupils are advised to contact an
instructor to arrange lessons and this way we do not have
people turning up when there is no-one there to teach them.
See the "Contacts"
page for phone numbers.
The club
also recommends the Aerofly Professional Deluxe simulator
if funds allow. If not then FMS (Flight Model Simulator)
and RC Plane Master give useful experience. These are free
downloadable programs with many different scenery files,
and hundreds of models. All simulators are controlled via
your normal transmitter.
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