RE: Best Trainer
My first plane was the IBIS from Laser Models. I started flying about 5 months ago and I have never crashed it. It is an incredibly stable model and you can do as much or as little with it as you want. On low rates I can come in for nice slow landings or do rolls, loops, vertical climbs and stalls on high rates. I really love this model. It wasn't hard to build either. I know I'm posting this long after the original question but if anyone else is wondering about this model I would HIGHLY recommend it. I have seen other trainers and this isn't a boxy looking thing, it looks and flies more like a full scale than the other trainers I see at the field. Yesterday I snapped the elevator and was still able to safely land. Thats how stable it is! I was pulling sharply out of a high speed dive on high rates and the side that doesn't have the control horn sheared at the center under the rudder. It just flapped while I landed the plane. I put an OS .46FX on it and it has plenty of power which makes it fun now that I can do more interesting stuff than just circle the field. I don't see them on Tower anymore but I think Laser Models still makes them. 2 thumbs up on this model!