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Permalink Reply by automatik on November 22, 2009 at 5:33pm

Hi Kasper and welcome to DIYdrones!

Look at the main page - there is a link titled
FAQs:
* I'm new to all this--where do I start?

http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/a-newbies-guide-to-uavs

Site is very active and a lot of questions have been answered - site's search functionality is decent.

There is also informative flow chart to help guide your decision making precess
http://www.gliffy.com/publish/1646774/

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Morli on November 22, 2009 at 6:29pm

Hi Kasper,
like automatik suggested , I started from FAQ in the main page , the UAV need not be big plane , smaller the better( < 2k.g) , a stable high wing trainer like planes are well suited, If you are new to RC flying , then a decent flight simulator is good investment to start with to learn RC flying first while you go through the FAQs and progress through more complex things.

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Permalink Reply by Kasper Pedersen on November 23, 2009 at 3:03am

can i use an rc plane, that's made in foam

i have 2 examples here:

http://www.rcmodels.dk/product-6923-1095.php
http://www.rcmodels.dk/product-3746-1095.php

i know the site isn't in english but just take a look at the pictures ;)

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Morli on November 23, 2009 at 3:15am

Hi Kasper ,
you can use foam models and currently main test vehicle in this forum are foam models, but the first model you have shown is low wing aerobatic sort of model with not so stable flying characteristic which is basic criteria for such usage. a Example of such model is here

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Permalink Reply by Kasper Pedersen on November 23, 2009 at 3:55am

i can't find them in any danish hobby shops :S

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Permalink Reply by Kasper Pedersen on November 23, 2009 at 4:05am

wait i think i found some:

http://hobbyfly.com/flymodeller-47/rtf-kompletsaet-begynder-215/par...

http://www.avionic.dk/product_info.php?cPath=34_41&products_id=...

can i use any of them?

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Morli on November 23, 2009 at 4:08am

Yes , the second one is exact model but first one also looks good too.

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Permalink Reply by Kasper Pedersen on November 23, 2009 at 5:52am

do i have to think about which radio controller i use?

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