Alkaline - Have you ever flown a truely capable 3D plane in no wind conditions (I'm guessing when you tried AFPD you had no wind). Not wanting to fight but just make a point here. With a nice light 3D plane, I find it just as easy if not easier to fly than many planes on AFPD. Try the 80" Edge or the 79" Yak on AFPD. They are not as easy as the actual RC models.

But let's just assume that they are easier....what is a better way to learn 3D? With a plane that is too easy to 3D or a plane that is too hard to 3D? When you go to learn how to fly, do you pick the easiest planes to learn on (trainers) or the hardest ones? I know for a fact that most newbies wouldn't fair well with a turbine powered f-18 for their first plane.

I beat my head on the wall trying to learn rolling harriers with G2....but it was next to impossible with planes that couldn't harrier. I got AFP and learned them in a few hours....and guess what....took out my real planes and could do them also.

So I never got the answer to my earlier question...why does the Katana 3D on Reflex snap out so easily? Can settings be changed to make it better? I was just trying to do a simple pull up to hover it and it was harder than any plane in my hanger.