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Old 07-20-2006 | 11:12 AM
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Default RE: Newbie Plane

Like you, I had a stryker before I got something more forgiving to fly. After discovering it was far from being anything I could handle, I bought a PZ Piper cub. I'm advanced enough that I'm back to flying the stryker, but I still fly the cub as often.

Out of the list Leo listed, the Areobird will handle wind best, but is a fast plane, and you'll have to corect mistakes fast or you'll find the ground fast. Nothing like the stryker, but much less forgiving than the Slow-V. The Slow-v floats like a leaf in the wind, but even a small breeze is a chalange to fly in. on a calm day, its the easiest. In the middle of these two is the Piper Cub. It can fly slow, and has enough power to handle 10mph winds. It also has much beefier landing gear than the Decathalon.