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Old 08-09-2014 | 03:51 AM
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ahicks
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About any decent sport plane can 3D to a certain extent. What you are asking about is nothing special. Once you find a plane with a good power to weight ratio, with wing area maybe on the high side for low wing loading, most of what you are talking about is controlled by careful setup! Control throws and exponential control how your plane handles control inputs (from mild to wild). CG placement plays a huge part in how the plane handles low speeds. Because of this, a full on 3D plane can be tamed down very easily, to the point it can handle initial basic flight training amazingly well. They're really very docile - until you start cranking up the control throws and moving the CG back.

The .91's weight and power are going to control the size of the plane you're looking for. You could do a lot worse than a Stick. Suggest you keep it under 7lbs and over 650 sq.in. of wing area. 6lbs and and more sq. in. even better!

Here's another option. As mentioned above, don't be put off by the fact this is a full on 3D plane. It can be civilized very easily. Same company has a full line of "Sticks" as well.

http://www.texasrcplanes.com/kav270w.html

Best of luck. -Al

Last edited by ahicks; 08-09-2014 at 03:53 AM.