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Old 10-14-2011 | 04:55 AM
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acdii
 
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Default RE: need suggestions for a new plane.

Glow or electric?
 Either way, with some mods this one can be converted to glow. Eflite T-34 Mentor.

 They have an ARF for $199.  Only real mod is to add a firewall and fuel proof it for glow.  This is a Progressive trainer, slow and docile or fast and wild.  It comes with wing droops that prevent wing tip stall, but slows it down. Remove them and then it can perform aerobatics.  I fly it E powered for now, going to convert it this winter for longer flight times, but even under EP its pretty fast, does stall turns, loops, hammerheads, flies upside down nicely.  IT's a fun plane.  My only complaint are the flaps dont work correctly, when down they cause the plane to roll, when adjusted to prevent the roll then it requires too much trim.  I could probably adjust an aileron to make up for the trim, but decided to just lock the flaps in the up position since it doesn't really need them.

Best of both worlds that I see.  There is also a PTS P-51 setup for glow, but not sure if they have an ARF, I haven't looked.