I think that I have more fun because I'm not too worried about them hitting the ground. When I was flying with $2,000 in the air I was a nervous wreck because I didn't like the thought of crashing it, but when you have a plane that's only $300 I don't worry about it. I don't want to hit the ground with it, but it's not gonna put me in the poor house if it does!!!
This could not be more true, at least for me. I fly more larger planes than smaller planes and while I feel that bigger does fly better, I'm more at ease with my smaller glow planes. I have a 4*60 that has more flights on it than I can remember. The only reason I know how many is I have software that I use to track my flights
This plane is at the field anytime I am and is my "warmup" plane or for those days when I just want to bore holes in the sky. I have video of ths plane being flown by someone else (A student of mine) and is testament to how much I love seeing this thing fly, how well it flies and should it get planted it would not really hurt as the plane owes me nothing and has given me and many students/newly soloe'd pilots tons of enjoyment.
BUT, there is nothing like the way a bigger plane flies. I still get nervous flying my bigger ones but this to goes away as I get used to them.
I had the chance to fly a 40% Carden Edge a few weeks ago and it did not make me nervous at all. I flat out denied to fly it (and he kept harrassing me so I did) because there was $6000 dollars hanging up there but I gotta say, boy did it fly nice. The steady 20mph winds did not even phase it one little bit. It takes a bit to get used to flying big planes as they seem like they are not flying fast enough, but it's all perspective.
The first pic is the 4*, the second is me hovering the Edge and the 3rd is my newest 30% Ultimate flown by me on a low flyby