| Do you enjoy the beautiful model aircrafts | | | | and fun. They are easy to get lost which is |
| that are sold in the toy shops and on so many | | | | their main disadvantage. |
| sites online? Of course you can just go to a | | | | |
| shop or click on a site and buy the ones you | | | | RC Aircrafts. Remote control aircrafts are |
| like most. But besides the fact that buying | | | | very cool toys but they really require |
| ready models costs you money it's just not as | | | | technical knowledge about electronics and |
| cool as building models yourself. | | | | similar stuff. You will not save money by |
| | | | building such models yourself - the ready RC |
| What kind of models could you build yourself? | | | | airplanes and helicopters are pretty cheap |
| Almost all. Here are some ideas: | | | | compared to the efforts to build yourself. |
| | | | But if you can build an RC aircraft by your |
| Paper airplanes. Who has not build one as a | | | | own hands you will really have something to |
| kid? Building paper airplane can be as simple | | | | be proud of. |
| as getting a sheet of paper and making few | | | | |
| folds. But there are also flying paper | | | | You may build RC aircraft much easier if you |
| aircrafts with an engine and remote control | | | | buy a kit or at least a package of remote |
| or others which are exact scale models of | | | | control and engine. |
| existing real aircrafts. Some enthusiasts | | | | |
| build even paper helicopter which can fly. | | | | Static Scale Models. Sounds simple? Actually |
| | | | this is the heavy artillery of the airplane |
| The main disadvantage of the paper aircrafts | | | | modeling. Making scale models is hard exactly |
| is that they easily get damaged - especially | | | | because you have to keep the scale of the |
| the really flying ones. | | | | real model. This require high preciseness and |
| | | | skills to work on very small parts. |
| Free flight aircrafts. There is a category of | | | | |
| model airplanes called "free flight" which | | | | The static model aircrafts can be made of |
| means they fly without any attachment to the | | | | wood, mahogany, plastic or even clay. If you |
| ground or even to your hand. Most free flight | | | | are scarified to do everything from scratch |
| models are simple - just like the simple | | | | you can buy almost ready static models which |
| paper airplanes that we build as kids (they | | | | require only painting. This is a good way to |
| are in fact free flight airplane models too). | | | | start. |
| Free flight helicopters are much harder to | | | | |
| build than the airplanes for obvious reasons, | | | | Most fans of the model aviation sooner or |
| but there are people who build them - with | | | | later want to build their own models in |
| self rotating propellers or "charged" by a | | | | addition to the ones they buy and collect. |
| rubber band mechanism. | | | | You may decide to start by building yourself |
| | | | - there is nothing scary and it's a lot of |
| The free flight airplanes are great enjoyment | | | | fun. |