Comment by charleszyong
6 days ago
RC aeroplanes need some practice and a bigger field compared to FPV drones. I think I spent a week flying in simulators and another 2 weeks crashing several times to get a basic hold on it. It's kind of like training a robot foundation model to learn a new embodiment
That being said, I enjoyed every moment flying my planes. I built and flew quite a few quadcopters but they never felt that free because there's always that control algorithm between the pilot and the motors, while aeroplanes are basically just mapping the movement of the joystick to the servos. I believe the UK has a lot of great local clubs, and I believe that's the best place to get started.
Side note, when your son gets more experience in the field, he might wanna build his own gas turbine to power his planes. And this association based in UK is the best on this planet: https://www.gtba.co.uk
For UK delivery, let me look into how to set up international shipping. Will get back to you by end of the day.
I hadn't thought about clubs, probably because I live in a small, rural Scottish town... but I just had a quick look, and incredibly there's an active club just a few miles from me, which I had no idea even existed!