The Stik is one of those planes that people who've owned one LOVE, and find it's big flight envelope suitable to all sorts of things.

I keep seeing the "everyone should own a stick" posts....

I was turned off by the looks of a Stik, but I saw so many recommendations here for Stiks that I broke down and bought one.

Boy were those recommendations RIGHT!

It became my "go to" workhorse plane... practically always with me, flying in winds that ground almost everyone, going to every fun fly, etc.

A Stik should be your second or third plane. You'll never tire of it. It takes abuse and is trivially easy to repair.

With the engine hanging out like that, it can also be used to break in new engines for other planes.

You'll get more airtime with it than any of the planes you are thinking about.

Consider a Stik, you will not regret it.