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Old 01-16-2007 | 05:19 AM
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skulboep
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Default Is bigger always better?

Due to medical school, I was forced to take a long break from flying. Before this break, the 3 planes in my hangar consisted of an Avistar trainer, a Sig Somethin' Extra, and even though it wasn't officially mine, I took over my friend's Advance 40 when we converted from R/C planes to R/C cars. Anyway, here I am almost 5 years later and getting back into flying has been like riding a bike: you never forget how. While I am able to fly all my old planes pretty darn well, I am hesitant to go out and purchase a super advanced plane; however, I have always been interested in big scale aircraft. I think that the bigger something is, the cooler it is. I would think that something larger would be more stable and easier to fly (albeit more expensive and possibly more complicated to build). However, I have seen numerous warnings regarding flying these larger birds. For instance, a plane I was looking into was the Giant UCanDo or the Showtime 90, however all these planes recommend having experience on an easier-to-fly low-wing plane (like the Goldberg Tiger 60). Then I looked at the Goldberg Tiger 60, which recommends that I have experience flying a 60-size trainer. UGH!!! Do I really need to learn how to fly all over again on "bigger" planes in order to get to some of these cooler large-winged birds? Please help me out here! [:@]