RC is a lot of fun. I have learned things about flying from RC that I never did in the seat of an aircraft.

Personally, I only own a tricycle trainer, but the real magic is at my dad's house. He has 2 .40 (engine size .40 cu in) Edge 540's, a .60 Dragon, which looks kind of like an old Fairchild or Stinson Reliant, a Pitts S-2B, a 1/4 scale SuperCub, a .90 Extra 300, and a Gentle Lady glider.

We used to be able to fly them at Grants Pass airport until some other jerk who was flying RC there did some stupid things and argued when reprimanded by the airport management. A few days later, there was a "no radio control" policy. Now we have to find a schoolyard tarmac or other surface to fly from. There are always club fields too. It seems anything fun is always under attack.

Anyway, sure I'll do a video of my tests. Hope I'm not wrong...at least plastic props break easy and dont bend cranks as bad.

Z

For whatever it's worth, I absolutely guarantee you can put an RC model on it's nose with down elevator. At least you can put an Ultra Stick with a Saito 90 and a Giles 202 1/4 scale with a Saito 180 on their nose. I don't think that means a darn thing to compare with full scale Aircraft though. The control authority that most RC models have is vastly greater than a "real" aircraft. There's also some kind of scale effect that you have to take into account with RC models as well. Not sure what it's called but it's the reason why a Million pound supercub wouldn't fly and bug's can walk on water and you can't etc. Does that make any sense at all? There's also the power to weight ratio as well. Both of those models will "hover", that is there thrust easily exceeds their weight. The Ultra Stick will take off in it's fuselage length and climb vertically. Both of them will roll at more than one per sec. etc I don't think a modern RC airplane can be compared to a full size airplane, unless the RC plane was built to similar power to weight ratio, control authority etc as a full size aircraft.

A64-

I agree. When's the last time you saw a C182 fly straight up? Not too difficult with the RC model. They have completed exaggerated power and control authority. You'd need to scale one down to the appropriate power-to-weight ratio and trim those control surfaces down to get an accurate model of the situation.