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]Before buying and flying your first RC plane, I strongly recommend practicing with a computer simulator. A simulator will teach you the basic flight controls and getting used to the left\/right inversion when the plane is flying towards you. Judging distances and where the plane is with regard to the runway is quite difficult in a simulator, so it’s not the perfect tool for practicing landings.<\/p>\n
There are several commercial RC flight simulators out there. Some come with a controller that looks like a real transmitter, many can be coupled to an actual transmitter. However, this means an initial investment similar to the cost of a complete plane. Luckily, there are alternatives. If found two free RC flight simulators:<\/p>\n
I fly with a cheap Logitech gamepad that I originally bought for the Microsoft Flight Simulator. The only disadvantage is that the throttle control defaults to 50%, not 0%.<\/p>\n
One thing to keep in mind is stick modes. Mode 1 has ailerons en elevator on the left stick, throttle and rudder on the right, mode 2 is the other way round. Generally, which mode you chose doesn’t matter, but it may be smart to use the same mode as other people (such as an RC flying club) in your area so the can help you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
]Before buying and flying your first RC plane, I strongly recommend practicing with a computer simulator. A simulator will teach you the basic flight controls and getting used to the left\/right inversion when the plane is flying towards you. Judging distances and where the plane is with regard to the runway is quite difficult in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[78],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-1080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-tech","tag-rchobby","czr-hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t