My 7 year old son who's now flying solo crashed his Tutor 40 on Sat, and was absolutely devastated - basically, his flying is outstanding (lands better than me), and I was filming him for Mum, so couldn't see all of the crash, but he was doing a roll, and with the Tutor it takes quite a bit of down elevator, and has a very slow roll rate. He's done them before, but this time he was low down, and for some reason put in down elevator first - end of story and plane.

I was planning on getting him something more lively anyway (he flies his combat wing unbelievably, and so far, he's knocked me out of the sky, but I have yet to hit him !!), so now I have a choice.

I want to get him back in the air for this weekend again (I know, I've got some late nights ahead of me !!), and I have a couple of pre-requisites - 1) got to take an Irvine 46 MKIII, 2) no nasty vices (like tip stalling) 3) needs to be fun, and able to roll well (no elevator needed)

He's going for his BMFA A test fairly soon (he's well on top of all the safety rules, plane checks etc.), so was thinking of a Ready2 as I know they're tuff as nails. Having said that, I guess it's going to be a bit slower than the Tutor as it's a heavier plane - Anyone flown both of these ? I want a plane that will roll without needing any elevator (although appreciate it won't look perfect), as this will now be a barrier for him, and I want to boost his confidence again.

The other plane on my mind was the Black Horse Super Air - I've read the stories on RCU, and it looks like the latter ones that are laser cut are fine.

At the end of the day, I don't want to spend a fortune, appreciate he has to get the hang of other control movements in rolls, but he is only 7, and if anything his crash was my fault - It was only his 3rd day of solo flight, and I was filming him, so couldn't gauge height - that coupled with me doing low level rolls earlier didn't help.

Can anyone contrast these 3 planes ?

Many thanks :-)