ORIGINAL: jester_s1

Welcome back. You'll find that radios have improved dramatically since you've been away, both in reliability and function, servos are stronger, lighter, and more accurate, and electric is actually a viable alternative to glow with a slightly better power to weight ratio. The same old planes still fly as well as they ever did though, with the Dirty Birdy now available in an ARF (almost ready to fly) for the Senior Pattern Association contests.