You say the aerobird is a toy and well, you're right. And anything you've ever flown yourself is also a toy. You see, REAL airplanes are used pretty much for transportation or work and any plane that serves no useful purpose other than PLAYING with is nothing more than a TOY. Sorry folks. Yeah they're expensive and can be dangerous but that only makes them expensive and dangerous TOYS.

I could uncoil a slinky and gouge both of your eyes out and it wouldn't change the fact it's a toy.

Got it now? Real planes are tools. Model planes are toys.

You're not crop dusting, fire-fighting,searching and rescuing, transporting, or anything else REAL airplanes do. You're PLAYING.

Now if say you're flying an RC heli as a aerial photography business like some people (not me) then it's no longer a toy, but a tool.

Now that that's out of the way...

You would probably be the first to praise the Slow Stick as the greatest thing since sliced bread (and I love mine) but hate to tell ya, the Aerobird is more of a challenge than the SS any day. It's pretty fast. It's wing feels like a piece of oak compared to the flimsy SS or any other GWS wing. It's tough and has a cool airplane like throaty sound to it.

That said, I don't fly mine much anymore. Because:

I hate the fact I can't take off from the ground because of the V-tail.
It takes way more room to fly than the SS or Beaver.

Why step on other people's buzz?