ORIGINAL: jeffk464
Well my excelleron 50 died an untimely death so I've been searching for a replacement, venus 40 would have been nice but like the excelleron its been removed from the market. Anyways what I came up with was phoenix model's Jupiter which looks like a fairly worthy replacement. Its a little smaller then my exceleron so I'm assuming it wont be quite as smooth and stable but my 55AX should have better power to weight. Anyways haven't read a whole lot about this plane on here so I guess I'm just going to have to give it a go.
Why are all these smaller pattern style models disappearing? I guess your average joe doesn't know how much better they fly than your average sport or aerobatic model.
Perhaps a better selection for pattern from the Phoenix line is the [link=http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXGTS5&P=7]Seabee[/link].
I flew a friend's Seabee several times and was quite impressed with it.
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But if you can find one, grab it!