Sig Kadet senior

[AnnieHall]

Howdy Y'all!

I am new to your site and just realized that I had posted in the wrong section I think, since I have the 3.5 instead of the 3.0. Not sure if it really matters and the info I got was stellar. But I thought I'd put my 2 cents in this section as well in case someone who only reads this section has something more to offer in the way of advice.

So please forgive my noobiness and here's my plea once again.

I have a mission that I need help with. You see there's a fellow I want to impress. He's very handsome, very into flying rc planes and I love him very much!
I have the realflight G3.5 simulator all hooked up on my pc and i have been practicing. This he doesn't know. We have a date to go flying in a couple of weeks and I want to surprise him by being able to do it.
He has a dual control training set up and I know he is planning for us to fly a Sig Kadet senior. Here's where I need your help. I don't have that particlular plane on my simulator. Is there a way I can get it? If not, which plane is the closest?

Here's hoping for help,
~Annie

By the way the fellow is my Dad .

[DONB]

The Nexstar is about as close as your going to come to the Kadet Senior. Ive had a couple of the Sig Kadets and if you can become fairly good at flying the Nexstar on the sim You should be able to master the Kadet Senior in no time because it is a very "forgiving" airplane to fly.

[DrCool]

tri this

[Sr. Telegasser]

Man, he really is one lucky guy. I mean, you are putting a lot of effort into this. If you put half that effort into making him a happy man, I dont see how he could be anything otherwise.

Hope all goes well, and I hope you can make a spark that lights an eternal flame. (Cheesy I know , but Im a bit of a romantic and have been married for 7 years now to the most incredible women, so I know how great it can be)

[rcplanefubar]

Originally Posted by Sr. Telegasser

Man, he really is one lucky guy. I mean, you are putting a lot of effort into this. If you put half that effort into making him a happy man, I dont see how he could be anything otherwise.

Hope all goes well, and I hope you can make a spark that lights an eternal flame. (Cheesy I know , but Im a bit of a romantic and have been married for 7 years now to the most incredible women, so I know how great it can be)

She is talking about her dad.

[flyingpigs647]

lol yeah you have to read the whole message lol
(sorry couldnt resist) lol

Alex T

[Sammy Yousef]

I have a mission that I need help with. You see there's a fellow I want to impress. He's very handsome, very into flying rc planes and I love him very much!
I have the realflight G3.5 simulator all hooked up on my pc and i have been practicing. This he doesn't know. We have a date to go flying in a couple of weeks and I want to surprise him by being able to do it.

Please don't take this the wrong way - you may for all I know be a total natural - but it took me a lot longer than 2 weeks to be able to fly. Granted I have a full time job and am busy but even assuming you're young, determined, and have lots of spare time please don't be put off the hobby if you're still having trouble in a couple of weeks. Most of all, assuming your Dad is experienced, listen to him and do exactly what he says. If he's got a buddy box going I'll assume he knows what he's doing. That being the case don't be surprised if he begins just trying to get you to do circuits "3 mistakes up" so he can take over in time to save the plane.

The Nextstar, PT-40 and Cessna are all good planes to begin flying with. I'm not sure if the Cessna is on an addon or not though.

Do not mess with the Nexstar with AFS. Use the model without AFS. AFS isn't common and won't be on your plane.

[MadMonkey]

2 weeks of steady practice (ie not play for a couple of minutes and get bored, I'm talking about REALLY practicing) will help immensely when learning to fly for the first time. Even if you aren't perfect, you'll still know the basics. I wouldn't expect someone to take off, land, and fly perfect patterns in that amount of time, but you'll at least be able to show off a bit

I taught myself to fly about 13 years ago without the luxury of a sim... it's not that difficult if you're determined. A friend of mine taught himself to fly last August without a sim also, and he started on an electric Hellcat!

I have another friend who is already taking off and landing himself after only about 6 training flights.

It all depends on you... if you're determined to learn, it's easy. If you aren't committed, it's going to be difficult. Just like school.

It does help to be a natural, but it's not absolutely necessary.

[AnnieHall]

Wow! What great response I'm glad I found the right place to post!
And, yes, I am talking about my Dad. ..... And, no, we're not THAT southern .... no aunt mom and uncle daddy stuff in our family. LMAO!

I am a bit of a Daddy's girl. I use to go flying with him when I was a kid. (I was always the only female member of any r/c club he belonged to) That was before the days of the buddy box. So he had to snatch the controls from my hands just in time to keep me from wrecking the plane. Bless whoever invented the buddy box. The only reason that I never (knock wood) crashed is that he has always done the take off and landing part and I dont expect that to change anytime soon... if ever. So far on the sim I havent managed to get them down in one piece very often. I love how real the crunch sound is on the sim when you crash. That sound never use to make me laugh when it was real.

Dr. Cool I have practiced quite abit on your "tele" since the sig my dad has is in fact a tail dragger, and I really like it. Yesterday I got pretty good at flying it upside down. LOL!
I am also practicing with the Nexstar w/o the AFS (I have no idea what AFS is but all advice has steered me away from it.) For some reason I also really like the Ryan STA .... maybe it flies well for me because I think its pretty. (I had to be a chick for just a second)

Dad still has no idea that I have the simulator and I have been practicing every day although not as much as I'd like. But I know that I will do much better than I would have otherwise. I'm planning to let him think the skills come from his ability as an instructor and our badass DNA. Mostly I just want to do well enough to make him proud in front of his buddies at the field.

My trip is actually this coming weekend. I'm alittle concerned about the slight chance of rain but I know if it clears even for just a short while, we will be at the field with a plane in the air.

I cant thank y'all enough for all your help and advice. And lets not forget the laughs about me dating my Dad.... at least I'm not planning to let you forget it any time soon. LOL! (I must confess I sorta set ya up there and you played right into the trap just beautifully) I really like this forum , so, you've not heard the last from me. I will certainly let y'all know how this weekend goes. Beyond that well, ... the more I learn, the more dumb questions I will have. And, as I bet you have probably surmised by the end of this little novel, I am seldom at a loss for words.
But if y'all think I'm long winded, you really ought to meet my Dad. ... I swear, he once had a Jehovah's witness say to him, "Look man .... I gotta go!"

BA-DA BING!!!
~Annie

[MadMonkey]

You're from Austin huh? I used to be a member at the ARCA (Austin Radio Control Association) field, is that where you fly?

[Sammy Yousef]

Annie,

Don't worry if it rains. It just means you'll get more time to practice.

When you're taking off and landing the trainer on the sim, you should definitely give all the other planes a try. One tip for the stage you're at is that if you're having trouble landing at low rates try high rates (and vice versa). If you're into pretty planes, G3.0 lets you add coloured smoke and G3.5 has both the smoke and ribbons that you can attach to the aircraft in the aircraft editor.

I also wouldn't worry about making your dad proud. I'm sure he'll be beaming. My instructor has trouble getting his son to come out to the field with him. Any bloke would be thrilled that his daughter's interested.

Have fun with it.

[AnnieHall]

One tip for the stage you're at is that if you're having trouble landing at low rates try high rates (and vice versa).

Ok ... what do you mean by high and low rates? Rates of speed?

And yes, madmonkey, I live in Austin but my dad lives in Richardson which is the north side of Dallas. I don't know the name of it but they have a new field that he helped build. I just know I'm going to end up finding out that one of you is my Dad. Stranger things have happened. .... much stranger.


And Sammy, yes I'm sure Dad will be proud ... amazingly he always has been even though my accomplishments in life have not exactly been main stream. He tells folks "We have 3 daughters. One has a masters degree, one is a cpa and one is a comedian ...... she's the only one that made good."
If your parents tell ya they don't have a favorite ... they're lying to you cuz you're not it. LOL!

BA-DA BING!

[Sammy Yousef]

Originally Posted by MadMonkey

It all depends on you... if you're determined to learn, it's easy. If you aren't committed, it's going to be difficult. Just like school.

No I'm sorry but you're wrong. "Just like school", some people have natural ability and find it easy, others do not. You can make up for a lack of natural ability, to a very great degree by being patient and by being dedicated but just as not everyone's meant to be an academic genius not everyone's going to make a brilliant pilot.

Another thing to remember is that dedicated practice doesn't work well when you're first starting out. Dedicated practice is something you do to hone your skills when you get good, so that what you're repeating and improving on is the right technique. In the beginning it's best to start with short sessions and have someone watch you for bad habits before they become ingrained.

In my case I freely admit I'm a hack when it comes to r/c flying. I developed and then had to break a lot of bad habits because originally I wasn't game to get into this rather expensive hobby and just wanted to fly on the sim. When I got to the point where I was a little more confident that with instruction I wouldn't crash planes left right and centre I decided to get into it for real. With a lot of dedication I'm just now getting to the point where I can string together some maneuvers in real life without fear my plane's going to end up in the bin. It took about a year on the sim to get to the point where on my first day I could take off do (admittedly sloppy) aerobatics like 4 point hesitation rolls, stall turns, and even landed the thing (though my landing was too rough and took off the nose gear - call it a controlled crash instead I guess). One reason it took so long is that I work. I rarely have more than a hour at a time on the sim, and that's usually on the train.

Is practicing before you go out the first time a good idea? Absolutely. It's a great idea. Should you give up if you're not a wonderful pilot in 2 weeks. Absolutely not!!! Should you practice on your own as a beginner without someone watching how you're doing things? I'd have prefered not to have done that - I'd have developed less bad habits to break.