I have been flying giant scale and pattern planes for some time now and got the urge to get an electric 3D plane. We have no hobby shops anyplace near. I would be interested in some recommendations for any company that makes a complete high performance 3D package (plane, motor, all accessories required). I'm taking about a foamy or slab fuselage park flyer type version like the Tensor 4D, EFlight Yak54F, something along those lines. If Horizon or nobody makes a pre-packaged combo. Could you give me a list of everything I'd need worded in "electrics-for-dummies" vocabulary []. Keep in mind I want full performance 3D capability . Thanks.

www.insanefoamies.com has full packages......nice setup too

I have the Yak 54F. I haven't flown it yet because I don't have the battery,charger, motor, and the ESC yet. I will have those soon though. You can go to www.horizonhobby.com for all of the recemonded setups.

http://www.fancyfoam.com/ awesome aircraft and packages here

Whoops, forgot about them....

But...

Buy a foamy from anyone.... they all fly about the same...or build one out of Fan Fold foam..
get a Hacker A20-20. do not pass go, don't look back.... grab the hacker and run!

either get the hacker ESC in a package (works fine for me) or a CC Phoenix 25 ESC (I have a couple of these and like them...)

get some Hitec HS-55 servos ( honestly I think they are all about the same in the Ultra-Uber-Super-Duper-mini-micro servo class.
Bluebird are fine too.....

Rx? Hmmm

I use Hitec 555 but they are heavy... I just bought a GWS Pico but have not flown with it yet, I've read both good and bad...no opinion yet....

battery..?
There are Sooooo many good ones.......
I like my Thunder Power 3S1P 1320mAh battery....but I fly outside...so the weight is OK.....
they have a few under 1000mAh too that are fine....

I have used the Hacker A20, Hacker ESC, TP 1320 combo on several planes and it works great.
(most of mine are in the 15-16 ounce range....)


Now......if you are looking to go in the Indoor Shocky range of 5 or 6 ounces.......then just ignore my babbling

splais,

I will second what exeter_acres said. My setup is almost identical to his, my situation was almost identical to yours, and I simply trusted myself to the tender mercies of Darrol Cady at www.darrolcady.com ... I've raced with him for years and I know that he's been on the cutting edge of mini-electrics as well. Drop him an e-mail and tell him Duane sent ya.

You will need a charger for the Li-Po batteries. The Triton works for me. You will have to get connectors for the batteries and the charger, and you'll also need to know how to solder them on. (I think that will be true of any package that you get, and if you don't have soldering equipment & skills, now would be a good time to acquire them.) FWIW, I chose the Deans Ultra Plugs because they're idiot-proof, notwithstanding my ingenuity.

In this size range, you won't need a special mini receiver, that is if you've already got something fairly small. The Hitec 555 works well, especially if you remove the case to save weight. Ditto for the JR R700, which is what I use -- case included.

Duane Gall
RCPRO