I fly two planes: A Duraplane T-40 and a H9 Ultra Stick 40 with a full-house set up. The T-40 has an OS Max 40 FX while the US has an OS 46 AX. Both planes are blast, but the US is a very fragile cutie while the T-40 is one ugly brute which is about as close as one can get to indestructible.

Regardless of what you might have heard regarding the flying qualities of the Duraplanes, I can vouch that at least the T-40 is a fine flying machine. Of course, I'm a highly experienced pilot with thousands of hours in both full-scale and model aircraft.

While you probably won't hear any confessions here by beginners about their piloting skills, I can guarantee you that each and everyone has decimated his share of balsa models to reach a fair level of proficiency! If you want to save yourself a lot of pain and agony, I'd highly recommend the T-40. However, there is another path - a SPAD! In fact, I just ordered one called the FX Bandit from FX Hobbies ( www.FXHobbies.com ). Also you might want to check out the SPAD forum. Note the thread ARF Spad by Horizon.

Ciao,

Mr Akimoto