ORIGINAL: kiwibob72
I have herd these are great to learn on, so perhaps it might be a good stepping stone prior to flying a big heavy (and frankly dangerous) nitro model if your too far from a club to do a buddy box session - perhaps other members here could pitch in on this front and add there two cents worth being as I have never flown this specific model and came into planes via a different route:
[link]http://www.horizonhobby.com/products/super-cub-rtf-electric-HBZ7100[/link]
Two things that would keep me from buying the Cub. First of all, I won't fly a fixed-wing bird that doesn't have ailerons. Call me weird, but that's one feature I absolutely insist on. I'll sooner give up piston power than give up being able to do a barrel roll whenever I want to. If I do get a foamy, and honestly I've been seriously pondering them, I'd get one of these instead:
http://www.horizonhobby.com/products...r-bnf-PKZU1680
http://www.horizonhobby.com/products...lt-bnf-PKZ5380
http://www.horizonhobby.com/products...at-bnf-PKZ1980
Secondly, is there any way I could seal the foam on that thing against glow fuel? I'd toss a throttled Cox 0.020 on the nose of it before it flew a foot. I'm not really a fan of electric power in RC, and I only put up with it on my heli because it's an indoor model and too small to be engine powered. If you're wondering why, chalk it up to personal preference. I was turning wrenches before I was old enough to walk in a straight line. I just simply prefer them, find electric a bit dull and ho-hum. Well, that, and batteries annoy me. My heli will fly for 7-10 minutes, then sits on my computer for 45-60 charging, something I want to avoid without spending a fortune on fast chargers and tons of batteries if I can get away with it.