RC "Trainers"
SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH, one can find fliers whose involvement in Radio Control model airplanes goes back 30 years, and yet who seem unaware that RC trainers fall into three quite different types or classes: primary, basic, and advanced. There's a widespread tendency to overgeneralize about these beginners' airplanes. The "a trainer is a trainer" attitude shows up not just among the general participants in the hobby but in the industry and the RC media as well. Some even take the viewpoint to an extreme: Anything this side of a Pattern ship that has a high wing is a trainer!
Guest Editorial: A Trainer Controversy
RC MODELING is a happy sport. If it weren't, I would not have been involved since 1968. It can also be a fairly easy sport with a little luck: I taught myself to fly at a deserted field without so much as one other flier being present. This was possible only because I lucked into an ideal trainer, an old second-hand Smog Hog. My first flying session was pure pleasure with no mishaps except for a couple of broken props because the Smog Hog was a tail-dragger, and learning to flare correctly on landing was the most difficult part.
