Before I bought the Aerobird, I was real hot on the Sky Scooter Pro. now the Pro II. You can get it as a base plane and motor and add your own electronics or get it ready to fly
with a 72 MHZ Hittec 3 channel radio for about $160. This was my second choice to the Aerobird. I like it a lot!
It had been about $260 RTF so it would have been an extra $100. However they recently released the Sky Scooter Pro 2 at about $160 so you might want to give it serious consideration.
http://www.hitecrcd.com/Funtec/Pro2.htm
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