Darren Riley

I just want to say hello to you all. I started with a little glider that just turned by applying more power to either left or right propeller it is very basic to fly and was bought for a bit of fun at first but this had led me to want to learn how to fly a proper RC plane so I bought another glider that had a flap on the tail itself it turns left & right and flaps that go up & down on the end of the tail again but nothing on the wings themselves. I got told to put an elastic band over the canopy so the battery doesn't fall out but I wasn't experienced enough to fly this glider, it needed trimming & before I knew it the plane more or less nose dived into the ground & where the elastic band was it just cut through the foam like a knife through butter so it's in half now & next time I'll use sticky tape to keep the canopy on. I've bought some EPO foam glue so I'll glue it back together when I get around to it . I've just bought off ebay for £28 an 8 channel receiver with a disc for the computer to load onto it & it enables you to practice to fly all kinds of planes, helicopters & drones so I'll practice with that (when it arrives) until I get to some sort of flying ability before I go out with my Volantex Mustang P51-D 750mm. Hopefully with its 3 modes of competence it comes with (beginner, mid & expert) & it's got 6 gyro axis (whatever that is) I should have half a chance of taking my plane back home in one piece & a nice big grin on my face.