That depends a bit on your goals. Do you NEED a pattern plane - no. Just about any decently aerobatic (not 3D) aircraft will let you practice precision aerobatics. If your goal is improvement in your flying, that is all you need. Then practice, practice, practice. If your goal is to compete and do well, then yes you need a true pattern ship. As for recomendations, I build (no ARF's yet) and can only recommend kits or plans. From plans, the Boxer series are excellent aircraft and the Insight and Black Magic are very good 2M planes you can find on this forum. From kits, the CA Models ( http://www.camodel.com.ar/ ) Widebody 40 and 60 have great reputations and the Epsilon is also well regarded. If you are after a more sport oriented model that will be OK for practice, the Goldberg Tiger 60 is pretty good as are many others. I am sure others will chime in with ARF choices.


Mark