Everyone is gonna tell you to build a profile.

I like all kinds of little 40 size stuff with a Tower Hobbies .75 engine on the firewall. I like planes with a REAL fuselage. Fatties--not flatties.

I don't fly profiles--simply because my personal opinion is that they are ugly. I'm not arguing the fact they they fly nicely. I just think they are ugly. Your opinion may be different.

Why, then, do I fly 40 size stuff for 3D?

Because I'm not that good yet--and I crash sometimes. The 40 size stuff is 1/5th the cost of a 50cc powered GS plane. I can smack 5 of them before it costs me the same amount of $$ as 1 of those planes.[&:]

I usually have between $300--$500 in a 40 size plane. Depends on if I ruined the engine or any servos on the last one. A lot of the time I can stick the engine in another plane. So, that saves me $100 on the total cost.

I don't have any GS planes with engines over 60cc -----yet.[:-] So, I'm flying 80--90" planes with digital servos. They cost me MINIMUM $1500--$1750 depending on the cost of the plane and the hardware, etc.......... I got $1850 in my World Models Patty Wagstaff w/G-62. I got roughly $2275 in my Kangke Laser 2000 w/ZDZ 60.

Smack a 150cc powered plane and your gonna be out about $6000+ [X(]

If your just getting into 3D--then do it cheap untill you get the hang of it. It doesn't matter what you fly. Flatties or fatties. Just start doing it. Do it a lot. And have fun.