I am looking for an trainer type 3D plane, but don't have much $$ so I would need to remain stock. I was looking at the GP Flatouts, U-Can-Do 3D, Yak-55 3D, and E-Flight Tribute. Which one should I go with??

Thanks,

MDK

I would suggest the Typhoon by Parkzone. Comes with everything you need at a price of $219.00

If you already have the radio, you can save even more by making your own from depron and planes on the internet. 3dfoamy.com and foamyfactory.com have plans free of charge.

THen you can upgrade to something commercial later when you feel comfortable

Rcairworks has all the 3dfoamy kits at a very good price right now with most in stock; they're 40" wing span and weigh in the 12-15 oz range RTF. 3dfoamy makes a very nice kit. Jim

The typhoon looks pretty good, But definatly dont get a e-flight tribute- They flex too much.

If you do want something from E-flite get the Yak 54F.

Best out of the box 3D foamie for me is the ST Models YAK, not sure who sells it in US but the plane will prop hang and pull out easily on the stock motor set up. Try this link http://www.stmodel.com/

I have asked myself the same question and looked around in many places. My options were down to one of the flatouts, the yak 55, and the Eflite Tribute. I haven't been able to get my hands on a flatout and while i waited I got a Tribute from my LHS. Looking at most of the other kits, this one was precut and just about everything done for you. I mean the most completely built rigth out of the box. That is worth a lot in my book because right now I don't have the room to have a lot of building equipment. All I needed was foam safe glue. This was my first 3d plane and I was thoroughly impressed. Flew very well on first flight. Some flex is noticable but I don't know how much it shouldn't have. it is structurally supported with carbon fiber rods. I used a little bit of the foam from the inside of the box used to prevent it from caving in on shipping and made little triangle pieces to make a type of strut for the wing. That was the only thing I thought the Tribute needed in the way of structural reinforcement. I love it and it flys as well as you could expect for zero airfoil. One thing I don't understand is I have like three times as much down elevator authority than up elevator. Even having adjusted the servos to reduce down elevator throw. Not a big deal. I didn't wan't to use four servos (two for ailrons) so I cut into the fuse and stuck one servo to control both ailrons and that worked great. I got say 5-8 flights before I burned out my stock motor though. So I will be upgrading to brushless. I still think the flatouts are going to be great and may still get into that.

My setup:
generic 4ch rx. 4 ch tx.
5amp GWS speed control
gws servos (3).
8.4 and 9.6 750mah Ni-mh
everyting else is stock.

gws pico stick, sturdy birdy, raptor 30, Venom Night ranger, Stinger 10, verious trainer planes (.40 size)

In my experience with foamies all the planes listed on this thread break too easy so easy they do not take a next to the ground crash with out breaking. So I would say no to all of them for a 3D training foamie.

I have tried allot of planes the list is to long to type, and the one I would say to go with is the Adrenaline 3D at http://www.abellrc.com/ABELLRCHOME.htm
All you need to do is add a piece of flat carbon to the bottom of the rudder, leading edge of the wing, and the sides of the wings, and then use two small pieces of flat carbon instead of the round stuff they give you to assemble the elevator half’s. I know it sounds heavy but it makes this thing bullet proof when done.

NO LIE I have hit the ground with this plane so hard you could see the thing flex bad you would think it was broke for sure but I rarely have to get the glue out to fix it I just put it back in the air.

Oh yea BTW it handles the wind quit nicely too you don't see that with most foamies.


Good luck,
Doug B.