The good thing about Sticks is they are great planes no matter what your experience level is. They have always been one of my recommendations for a second plane.

I have several planes, but I always keep some type of Stick around for really windy days and for in-flight breaking in of engines. I presently have a Big Stick 40. The engine mount looks like Swiss cheese. I have had 7 or 8 engine on it.

The Big Stick 40 or the Lucky Stick from Hobby People are tougher, but slightly heavier, than the Ultra Sticks. The Lucky Stick is a little cheaper. I had one of their 60 sized Sticks, which they call the Joss Stick, for years to test bigger engines. After 6 or 7 years it got so ratty, I finally gave it away. The new owner fixed it up and it is still flying. They all fly super.

This Big Stick 40 has the dihedral brace installed upside down, bracing wires on the tail and the rudder servo in the tail. It needed tail weight. The engine is one of my OS .46AX's with a Tower muffler during break-in.