Flying location: FDR Park
Visitors are ALWAYS welcome
Learn to Fly with the Tri State Modelers
Do you want to learn to fly a Radio Controlled (R/C) airplane? If so, you are
not alone. First and foremost, we recommend training by an experienced R/C pilot
regardless of your background in aviation. Even if you fly the real thing
commercially or privately, you are no longer "in the seat" and need to learn a
new way of flying. The problem is one of orientation ... when the airplane
passes from your right to your left, when the wing closest to you drops, it is
the LEFT wing ... but when passing left to right, the closest wing is the RIGHT wing! And, depending
on the speed of the aircraft, things can happen very quickly!
We offer guidance in all phases of the hobby.
- Choosing your first airplane, radio system, and the associated support equipment.
- Building assistance and advice. And we will thoroughly check out your completed project BEFORE its first flight.
- Fly your new airplane for the first time, get it trimmed and flying correctly, THEN let YOU start having fun under our tutelage!
- As an alternative, we have a club trainer which you can fly until your own airplane is completed, or just to see if this hobby is for you.