I have both planes.......and I like them both very much. Generally, they both seem to 3D very well, and they will both land at a crawl. For beginning 3D, I would suggest the Twist. Like wildnloose said, it's a bit of a funfly plane, and to me, it feels easier to fly 3D with than the Funtana. I say this mostly because my Funtana will tip stall with full up elevator.....it can bite you in the rear if you're not ready for it. The tip stalling traits of the Funtana were discussed in length some time ago here.....it was never really determined why some tip stall, and some don't. Mine does, so to me, I have less pucker factor when flying 3D with the Twist, although the Funtana is a bit more capable.