# RC Plane Crew - 5.5:1 A-10 - $12k **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 4, 2008, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657 "2008-08-04T11:50:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/1 "2008-08-04T11:50:27Z")
Wow… that would be a few tons of fun. [Not a commercial or retail product though] 10’ wide 65 lbs Twin Turbofan - 29lbs of thrust 200+ mph ![http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/files/articles/wingmen_fightercom.jpg](http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/files/articles/wingmen_fightercom.jpg) > **[Wing Men](https://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-space/article/2008-04/wing-men)** > > If a sodden rice paddy feels soft and forgiving underfoot, it is not a merciful place to set down an airplane at 200 mph. And that's only one of Mike Selby's reasons to look nervous as he watches his A-10 Warthog—a 10-foot-wide, 65-pound, hand-built... ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/2 "2008-08-04T11:52:08Z")
you can buy those scale planes with turbine, ducted fan motors everywhere. Not handbuilt like this one, but the price sounds correct, hell those turbine motors are a fortune alone. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/3 "2008-08-04T11:52:23Z")
do you fly??.. im looking to get into it but only want to drop a few 100 ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/4 "2008-08-04T11:53:40Z")
Not currently. I did when I was a kid. I’d love to get back into it sometime, but I don’t have time for my current hobbies as it is. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/5 "2008-08-04T11:54:58Z")
i used to, check out [towerhobbies.com](http://towerhobbies.com) should be able to get into a trainer for 300 or so. PT40-PT60 are one of the best trainers out there, and towerhobbies sells all in one kits, which include everything you need to fly. Radio, servos, fuel line, etc… ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/6 "2008-08-04T11:55:21Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > you can buy those scale planes with turbine, ducted fan motors everywhere. Not handbuilt like this one, but the price sounds correct, hell those turbine motors are a fortune alone. I know the article is 8 pages long, but its worth the read for the most part. This is thing is almost a 100% accurate reproduction as far as control systems, chassis design, flight charactoristics (which is hard for the A10 since it is super manuverable @ low altitude low speed flight). ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/7 "2008-08-04T11:56:08Z")
ohh yeah, that plane no doubt kicks ass. Yeah no kit is going to be this accurate. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/8 "2008-08-04T11:57:21Z")
i have done the builds but never put a motor in… and now that i have a small level yard i was thinking about it over the weekend ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/9 "2008-08-04T11:58:54Z")
u need some room, you cant really fly a good trainer in a yard as they are pretty big. Sure you can get a cheapo rc plane for 40 bucks that u can fly in the yard, im not sure what you were looking for, ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/10 "2008-08-04T12:00:43Z")
yea if you wanna decent flyer you’re going to need a large clearing, park, etc. even entry level trainers will do upwards of 50mph groundspd, imagine how quick you’d run out of line of sight in a back yard ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/11 "2008-08-04T12:02:30Z")
really just looking for something gas… i can build the plane for 35 bucks…so really just motor and remote. i have about 9 acres that is level ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/12 "2008-08-04T12:05:54Z")
35 bucks??? what plane can u get for 35 bucks thats dirt cheap, even the trainers are 90-110, the kits, not even prebuilt. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/13 "2008-08-04T12:15:37Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > 35 bucks??? > > what plane can u get for 35 bucks > > thats dirt cheap, even the trainers are 90-110, the kits, not even prebuilt. well yea 35 bucks for the plan and balsa wood… would get me a plane … or can i not do that … i really dont know … i thought you could just take a balsa plane and put the motor in it ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/14 "2008-08-04T12:16:06Z")
that thing needs an airsoft 50 cal on it. do flybys on the neighbors cat. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/15 "2008-08-04T12:16:22Z")
9 acres should be plenty so long as you have a line of sight. if you just need a motor & RC, pick up a big nitro motor from a car setup… assuming your fusealge is light enough / has enough lift. :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/16 "2008-08-04T12:17:15Z")
> [@justa4door](#): > > well yea 35 bucks for the plan and balsa wood… would get me a plane … or can i not do that … i really dont know … i thought you could just take a balsa plane and put the motor in it oh. :gtfo: > [@boxxa](#): > > that thing needs an airsoft 50 cal on it. do flybys on the neighbors cat. its got a gattling gun that rotates, but no ammo. its got fiberglass bombs that drop too. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/17 "2008-08-04T12:23:17Z")
> [@justa4door](#): > > well yea 35 bucks for the plan and balsa wood… would get me a plane … or can i not do that … i really dont know … i thought you could just take a balsa plane and put the motor in it then u need fuel line, servos, radio, linkage, wheels, fuel, prop, covering, heat gun, glue, epoxy, sandpaper, etc… by the time your done it would be cheaper to pick up a trainer plane and build it. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/18 "2008-08-04T12:25:22Z")
[http://h1073757.hobbyshopnow.com/products/description.asp?prod=HAN2055](http://h1073757.hobbyshopnow.com/products/description.asp?prod=HAN2055) Trainer - $79.99 > Product Features > Complete hardware package > Universal engine mount that accepts all standard .40-.48 size engines > Excellent slow flight and self-righting characteristics > > Overview Back to Top ^ > What could be better than an easy-to-build, inexpensive .40 size ARF Trainer? How about a choice of trim schemes to go along with it? With a Hangar 9 Solo Series Trainer, not only do you get quality balsa construction and all the necessary hardware needed to assemble the kit, you get to choose from one of two great looking trim schemes, too! > Solo Sport Trainer ARF (HAN2065) > > No matter which Solo you choose, each one comes 90% pre-built. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/19 "2008-08-04T12:25:52Z")
good reading for basics on ARFs [http://h1073757.hobbyshopnow.com/products/Article.asp?file=1028-ART.xml](http://h1073757.hobbyshopnow.com/products/Article.asp?file=1028-ART.xml) ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657/20 "2008-08-04T12:27:11Z")
uhh i like building them fuck that ARF crap, at least for me. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-plane-crew-5-5-1-a-10-12k/52657.md?page=2)