RC Motorized Aircraft Kits

If I was starting out in R/C flying i would go electric. Much quieter and some of the smaller "Park Flyers" can be flown in the back yard. Other powered gliders will stay up for ages while some of the 400 class have an endurence of about 5 minutes. If you want to venture into multi engine types the reliability of the electric motor over the infernal combustion engine is a great method of preventing premature baldness or heart atacks. In the multi engine types there a/c like the Me Gigant 6 the Ju52 3 B17 4 plus many others. If it were me I would start with a single engine high wing monoplane. Stable forgiving and reletivly simple.
There is a magazene for electric flight which you should be able to find at your newsagent or hobby shop.
If you need any further information just let me know.
Dai.

There have been some seriously amazing RC planes that may as well have graced the pages of FSM - A guy named Dave Platt makes (or used to) the most detailed scale RC plane kits for sale - they had incredible detail - surface and cockpit - I saw one of his FW-190-D once - it had a wingspan of about 5 feet or thereabouts.
I simply can't imagine spensing hundreds of hours creating a masterpiece like that and then taking the chance of trashing it by actually flying it.
I take my hat off to those who are that brave................
Cheers,
LeeTree

My 13 year old just finished and flew his Rascal electric RC plane. It is available in either ARF or complete kit, and is a good basic trainer (no ailerons though).

If you want to go with gas my other boys both started on Kadet LT-40's. Again, ARF or full kit is available. Larger plane, full controls, and easy to learn on.

Keep in mind that airplane kits are almost universally without engine, radio, covering. The ones I mentioned are pretty well else complete except you also need batteries for the electric.

The others are right that there are better forums for this, however if you ask 10 modellers you'll get 10 different answers as well. If you have a local hobby shop or flying club check them out and ask their advice.

Enjoy the hobby!
Bruce

PS:
If you're new to this make sure you get a radioo that is compatible with someone else's so you can 'buddy up' as a student/instructor. This will hopefully keep your new creation from becoming a smoking hole on the first flight.

tmatys.the site you should look at is www.rcgroups.com.
go to the forum page and pick section.
yours could be electric or i.c aircraft.
good luck in the 3rd dimention.

freefall.

RC always seemed too expensive and dangerous to me...

Does anyone know a good RC site they can recommend to tmatys?

This is probably not the forum for this... The PT40 is a good trainer, but you probably want an ARF or RTF if you don't want to build. They do have a lot on the market, check your local hobby store.