I am in for the kit minus the transmitter/receiver.
I have to decide whether to go with the Turnigy or spring for the Spektrum.
There is also a lower cost-ish (because battery and receiver) Taranisā¦
In comparisons between the Spektrum and Turnigy, they often pit the DX6i against the the 9x because they are around the same price.
The advantages of the DX6i are:
- More resistant to interference if many of them are in use.
- Easier to program.
- Better build quality.
The advantages of the 9x are:
- Nine channels instead of six.
- Receivers are under $10.
- Potentially more hackable.
Hiā¦i am a new user here. I would like to share my experience as well. I want to start just learning to fly R/C. Then I want to build some balsa kits, but modify them for R/C and electric power.Then maybe take on some of those large Guillows warbird kits with retractable gear and flaps. And get into multi-engine. So I would want enough channels to eventually do that. I do not want to be replacing radio gear because it was not good enough.
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This will be a fun class, I hope to make it. I made a DTFB wing in a class held by Harold early last year and itās still hanging in my garage. I bought a turnigy 10 channel transmitter (overkill, possibly for planning ahead) and have flown it a couple times now (albeit badly, but it flew!)
After that I built the DTFB Viggen with a ducted fan. Iāve yet to finish installing the electronics.
Canāt wait to see the class
I am a HUGE Taranis fan, myself, so Iām definitely biased on this one. My transmitter that I fly with currently is the Taranis X9D, and I love it. OpenTX is a really versatile software, but takes some getting used to. Iāve never used the QX7, but if its anything like the X9D, $100 is hard to beat!
So at this price we are limited to elevon or v-tail planes only (arrow, vector, mini f-22, sparrow). If we increase the price by $10 we can add 2 servos and open up a much larger variety of planes (tiny trainer, corsair, mustang, scout, speedster, sporster, ect.)
Adding an additional $17 would open up the twins (mini guinea, mini cruiser, super bee)
Would you guys be interested in any of this? Or is keeping the price down a higher priority?
My priority is a platform giving me the best odds of learning to successfully fly. And land, of course. A strong secondary priority is not to have to immediately replace it with something more capable.
Then I would suggest we at least add the additional servos for $10. The reason being that you can learn easiest on the tiny trainer (which requires 4 servos) then once you are confident in your skills, for about $5 you can take all those electronics out and put them into an arrow (only requires 2 servos, so youāll have some replacements).
The Arrow should take you from intermediate to advanced. You can even put an FPV system on it 
Iāve been flying RC for a long time, but Iām very rusty. The last time I flew was 10 years ago or so. I have a ton of RC gear that I bought years ago which is mostly hanging in my garage. Iām sort of interested in getting back into the hobby.
Iām interested in this project. I took Haroldās class a while back, too. I just never followed through with a build. Thanks for putting the class together. If my schedule permits Iād like to take the class.
All my stuff is nitro-fueled. I own quite a few engines, but no electrics. Iād like the idea though as it is not nearly as messy. I might also be interested in converting one of the models I already have to electric.
This is the club I was a member of for many years: http://www.ndrcc.com/
An additional $10 is relatively small compared to the whole cost.
My toughest decision will be picking the radio system.
I hear that! Itās the part that can make or break a purchase. My Hitec TX set me back $400 and my Taranis was like $200ā¦ The saving grace is that you have 0% chance of crashing your TX, so it should only be a one time purchase. 
So Iām planning set a deadline for making the orders at ~1 month from now to give people time to save. The deadline will be marked on the calendar. I think the easiest way to handle the orders would be to collect the funds Through PayPal, then make the order. Once the order is received, we would then schedule a time to do the class.
To organize what parts everyone wants in their order, I will make a Google Sheets for everyone to mark their desired changes on.
One week later I will then mark that sheet with the amount due for each personās order.
Participants will then transfer funds Via PayPal (Iām assuming everyone has a paypal, if not we can work something out)
Following that, will be the deadline for receiving funds (two weeks after official prices have been posted ā I will notify via Talk when the prices are up).
Once all funds are received (or deadline hits) I will place the order. ā If I have not received funds for your order it will not be processed
Once the shipment has arrived, I will put a class date on the events calendar.
Does this sound like an acceptable plan to everyone?
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Go here and sign up before July 15th! 
I tried several times, but the form will not let me enter my information.
Please put me down for a kit minus the transmitter/receiver.
Iām signing up. You are not going to believe the super fun design we have come up with 
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Sorry about that, itās fixed! ā I also put you down, Bill.
Looks like itāll just be the four of us. Does anyone have a preference on which model theyād like to build? Any of the single engine miniās should be okay. Iām a fan of the arrow and mini F-22, both are easy to build and are designed in such a way that the motor is protected in crashes (meaning more chances to re-build after the worst inevitably occurs). The Tiny Trainer is also a good option for learning to fly, but the motor is slapped up in front (so impact speeds should generally lower, but a hard nose-in will likely damage the motor). If any of the other mini ft models catch your fancy, we can do them instead, these are just my suggestions. If no response, Iāll just plan on doing the Arrow (as this one is my personal favorite :p)
Also, @Kriskat30 I put you down for nothing omitted, is that correct?
I need everything lol. And Iāll defer to your judgement as to what to build for me. 
Prices are up! Total amount due is highlighted in red. Once I receive payment Iāll change it to green. Payments accepted via Paypal ([email protected]).