{"id":511,"date":"2021-01-24T22:04:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T22:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/efanewweb\/?page_id=511"},"modified":"2021-01-24T22:07:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T22:07:00","slug":"learning-to-fly","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ef-aero.org.uk\/efanewweb\/learning-to-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning To Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Want to learn more about the exciting pastime of flying radio-controlled aircraft?<br>\nPerhaps you see yourself piloting a Spitfire and doing a victory roll \nover the airfield on completion of your mission or is it the daring \nspeed and maneuvers of the RED BULL AIR RACE planes that has led you to \naspire to be an R\/C aircraft pilot. Maybe you are just content to fly a \nsports model in a more majestic manner. Whatever your aspirations are \nthe club would offer you a warm welcome and help you achieve these \ndreams.<br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EFA<strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>has\u00a0members with experience in many aspects of the hobby who can advise and help you make a successful start in the hobby.<br> Too often newcomers start off with the wrong type of aircraft which  inevitably ends in disaster and the end of their entry to the hobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your  first \u201cBasic Trainer Aircraft\u201d will probably be a high wing modern  ARTF (Almost Ready to Fly) which can be built within a few nights  and has the benefit of getting you \u201cinto the air\u201d quickly and easily.<br> &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many  newcomers are now starting with electric powered aircraft. Save  building that super scale Spitfire until you are a competent pilot and  therefore avoid the disappointment. The most popular makes of radio used  within EFA are Flysky, FrSky and  Multiplex. These radio sets can be used with what is known as a \u201dbuddy  lead\u201c linked together to provide \u201cdual control\u201d and is very helpful in  the early days of training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to learn more about the exciting pastime of flying radio-controlled aircraft? Perhaps you see yourself piloting a Spitfire and doing a victory roll over the airfield on completion of&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"button small blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ef-aero.org.uk\/efanewweb\/learning-to-fly\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ef-aero.org.uk\/efanewweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ef-aero.org.uk\/efanewweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ef-aero.org.uk\/efanewweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ef-aero.org.uk\/efanewweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ef-aero.org.uk\/efanewweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ef-aero.org.uk\/efanewweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":516,"href":"https:\/\/www.ef-aero.org.uk\/efanewweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/511\/revisions\/516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ef-aero.org.uk\/efanewweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}