And I respectively agree with RSchrock 100%.

That doesn't mean I'm ready to contradict myself. I just feel your second plane should be a basic aerobat, a high wing or a low wing, a nose wheel or a tail wheel. Having said that were does the Ultra Stick 60 fall in. I guess you could set it up as a basic aerobat, but why -- it is so much more and a relatively new flyer is not going to be ready for it?

A 2nd plane flyer is also a 2nd plane assembler and probably still using his/her original trainer radio system. My first Ultra Stick was setup on a Prism 7. I set it up as a full-span airlon ship because I knew the radio wasn't up to the Ultra Stick antics. I still was able to play with flaperons but really didn't get into them because this was only my 4th airplane and approximately 4 months after graduating from my trainer. My 2nd airplane was a very FORGIVING Ugly Stick that taught me basic aerobatics. My 3rd airplane was a Joss Stick -- my first airplane with dual airlons and my first airplane that was setup with flaperons.

I've had a total of 4 Ultra Sticks. My 1st 3 where 120s with an OS FX 1.60 on them. They were great crowd pleasers but I never really flew them, they were glorified simple aerobats -- I was still learning and wasting their capabilities.

It is now just over 2 years since I got back into this hobby and I recently finished my 4th Ultra Stick. This one is the 60 version with a Saito FA-100. With several months of Ultra Sport 40 and Fun Tiger flying under my belt, I can finally take advantage of this plane and have been throwing it around the sky with abandom. Prior to this point in my expertise I was not capable of really enjoying this type of plane and would not recommend it to someone else who is also not ready to totally enjoy it.

So you see, I recognize that you can make this airplane a gentle aerobat, but you are wasting it doing so and there are other basic aerobats out there that are cheaper and easier to setup -- don't forget the complexity and cost of putting together a 7-servo system. My 1st radio was a Tower Hobbies System 3000 4-channel -- not even. My 2nd radio was a Hitec Prism 7 -- fun but still not even. My 3rd radio was a Hitec Eclipse 7 -- almost there but no cigar. My 4th radio and the one I use now with the Ultra Stick is a Futaba 8AU -- everything I want for now. My 5th radio is a Futaba 9C -- its in the hanger but I haven't figured it out for the Ultra Stick yet.