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Old 06-22-2011 | 04:50 AM
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Default RE: Suggestions for third plane

Hmmm.. a third plane. This is when we (generally meaning those of us in the hobby) start to decide where we want to go in the hobby, be it pattern, scale, large scale, sport planes, war birds, sea planes, and so on.

I see that you want a DC-3 at some time in the future, so it looks like you may like doing something in scale. I would not go to two engines just yet, though, but if you do decide that you want to go that way (the DC-3, after all, does have two engnies), a good one might be a Twinstar or something like that. Keeping in mind, of course, that this would be some time in the future because they are different to fly than a single engine plane.

I wanted to try pattern, so I bought a Venus 40 and practiced with that, later on I bough a Venus II and an Excelleron 90, neither are two meter pattern planes, but almost at that size. I still fly them both and love them. But, I lost interest in pattern and fly for the sport of it so my favorite plane is my Skylark 70 which is a tail dragger low wing sport plane that is fully capable of doing the pattern maneuvers, but a much simpler design and very relaxing to fly.

Fly that Tiger 60 of yours and work on your flying skills, aerobatics, and especially get your landings down to the point where you can almost land it in your sleep and have it come down right in front of you.. all the while thinking of what you might really want to fly next. If you do go scale, there are a lot of great options to choose from, and that too depends on if you want war bird scale or something like a nice scale Cesna or similar.

CGr.