ORIGINAL: gnyberg
I went with a VectorFlight 58" Extra for my second plane after flying an Avistar last year.
I followed the advice from other people who'd flown this plane and its 66" sister and was careful about lateral balance, elevator halves matching throws (and limiting their throws) and have had no trouble with snaps or anything else.
Awesome, fun, beautiful plane. And it can take me a lot farther, performance/aerobatics-wise, than some classic 2nd plane.
-Greg
P.S. VectorFlight has all of their planes on sale right now...
If you look at the posts about the guys have advised (universally) against going for a cap, sukhoi or extra... I think I will go for the UCD46 and re-use the engine from my trainer. I'll be careful how I handle it and with landings and stuff, against based on the advise above. At least this plane will take me further than the 4*'s etc. Sure there is a little risk in going for this lighter plane but I am happy to take that risk..
Cheers again for all the advise.
P.