A good-flying plane is a good-flying plane is a good-flying plane! Materials don't count! You want to fly? Get a good-flying plane. To find out, just peruse the various threads in the Beginner's section, even go back over this one. You'll get a lot of opinions on what models are good-flying planes, and you know what? They're all right!

I've flown scratch-builts, kit builts, ARFs, SPAD-type, and if the plane flies well, the materials don't count. For me, my preference, is a built-up model. It delivers to me what I want. In fact, the last dozen or so models I've owned were either plans-built or resurrected kits that had been through some severe shipping damage. That's my preference. Not one of them was totally unscathed, and a few bought it on the first flight for one reason or another (none my fault of course! )

The only thing that counts for a beginner is a good teacher. Good teacher=shorter training time + better flight skills.

As far as someone saying about "falling in love" with your model, you need to remember the MAIN LAW of R/C: "If you're going to fly them, you're going to tear them up." Models may last for years, but the only way they'll last forever is if they don't fly.

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