All those "bird" planes are kids toys and will do you no good toward learning to fly a real r/c plane. I am an accomplished flier. I have flown park fliers up to 40% monsters. I won a firebird XL at a raffle so instead of giving it to a kid (which I should have) I put it together and flew it.. or should I say tried to fly it! What a pitiful, hard to control excuse for an airplane!! A total piece of junk. It was not fun to fly, and in fact, was laughably poor. I am ashamed at Horizon hobby for backing this junk. It belongs at K-mart, not a hobby shop.

I tossed it in the trash after its 3rd so-called flight. Not sure what they cost, but it wasn't work $20 IMO.

Anyone interested in learning to fly r/c should not waste their time or money on one of these. If you just want a crappy toy to play with then its OK.

If you want to fly r/c - go on ebay or to your LHS and get Realflight G2 or even the other freeware. Learn on a sim, on your PC first, then go for a decent trainer (electric or glow).

If you think you are going to fly a real r/c plane after mastering a firebird... better be ready for a rude awakening!!

Don't say I didn't warn you!

DP