What kind of R/C airplane is most appropriate for a beginner?
The best thing to start with is a model airplane that is designed to crash and can be repaired easily. If you have never used an R/C aircraft before, you might want to start cheaply and decide how far you want to go. During your early days with R/C work, you had better plan on cracking the plane up a few times before you get the hang of it. That being said, don’t spend too much on the first plane. I went right into fairly sophisticated models and cracked up a couple of $200 to $400 airplanes on their first flights. That can be rather discouraging. I saw a kit for about $50 for a rechargable model airplane that used rubber bands to hold the wings in place, came with a couple of spare propellers, and had very heavy duty springs on the fixed landing gear. I gave it to my son and let him play with it. He flew it into the ground on the first flight (but he did fly it for about a minute before he lost control and I watched the plane auger in). It was an impressive crash, with parts flying ev
