I love to fly my Jeykyll pattern plane. I haven't competed yet, and maybe never will, but the pattern style plane just grooves along and suits my flying style. Plus the size/stability of the 2M ship sure helps on windy days. I feel much more confident to fly the pattern plane that any other plane due to I know what attitude and position it will come out of a manuever. I am building a Widebody 60 to use as a practice pattern and 3D plane and replace the jeykll. I hope to get the best of both worlds, a great flying pattern plane on low rates and a fairly good 3D plane on high rates. I have seen pattern planes set up where they can hover well, they just don't have the control throws for the aggressive stuff. The only drawback on my Jeykll is the retracts as I fly off grass and the struts need to be rebent occasionally. Anybody need an old pattern plane with a YS 120 email me and I'll make somebody a great deal.

Pattern planes rule!

Mitch