What are Remote Control Airplanes?
Model airplanes have been around as long as airplanes themselves, and in fact model airships predated airplanes themselves. In fact, the first remote control airplanes were not even airplanes, but were actually remote control ships filled with hydrogen during the late-19th century. These ships used a very simple radio signal to issue controls, and were flown around theatres as a form of entertainment. There are many different sorts of remote control airplanes, for every level of skill and price range. At the most simple level are basic park flyers, which are simple electric remote control airplanes, which really can only move up and down and slightly side to side. These are usually fairly cheap remote control airplanes, and are what are most often purchased for children or beginners to the hobby. They are known as park flyers because their size and speed makes them suitable for flying around a small park, or even indoors in a large enough building. Because park flyers generally fly so
