I use both the Tower .40, which is the twin brother to the Superstar, to teach on and the Eagle 2 as a camera plane. The Hobbico is a much stronger plane but heavier. The Eagle has the best overall flying qualities of any plane out there. Both go together well, except I did have to re-enforce the firewall, built a glass engine mount, and added plywood formers to the wing saddle of the Eagle. If you never built an ARF, I would go with the Hobbico, the instructions are much more clear, much less parts to modify, and this plane can really take a beating. My Tower 40 is 12 years old and still takes a tremendous amount of abuse from students. My Eagle ARF is not even a year and already I had to re-glue the firewall and fix a split in the fuse.

Scott