Gordo
I am not blasting you.......
I think it is funny that we have had opposite experience with the same planes...
I too had a Sig SE, built it from kit, lost it 2 days after, then re-built.
I could never get my SE to 3d, not even close, I did get it too hold a knife edge.....after I added 2 inches to the rudder. I was using a piped os46fx.
I owned a pizazz as my second plane with no computer radio and used to rip the landing gear off it every day. I sold that out of frustration.
The reason I went back to the Pizazz was because I got to fly one last year with computer and my 3 years of experience.........what a difference, with 3d rates and power this plane was great.
I liked the SE, just thought it was too easy to land, which became a problem when i switched back to my more difficult planes. I could hover my SE, but it always looped out of aggressive move with elevator.
Having 27% and 33% planes now I am always looking for a plane to emulate the feel of the big planes in a 40 size package, I am not a fan of profiles so the pizazz is the closest so far for me.
Originally posted by Gordo-plast
Just my opinion, don't blast me. I have flown (not owned) a magic, it was fine. And a pizzazz, it was fine. But I bought (and then bought again a year later when I toasted it) a SIG Somethin' Extra. IMO, much more plane, looks better, and flys like a "real" plane.
If I want crazy 3D, I'll fly my PBF. But for the "real" 3D, I like the SE! And after almost a year with a 46fx, I sprung for the OS 50sx, and WHAT A DIFFERENCE! I LOVE IT! Straight up, hovers like crazy, and now it knife edges, never would with the 46fx(but that's a great engine for the Magic, straight up REALLY fast!) I just added a BUNCH to the rudder, haven't flown it yet, but hopeing for knife edge loops!
I'm not saying the others are bad, and you will pay more ($200) for the SE, but for me it's worth it.
One I will put down is the GP Dazzler. I returned it to the LHS without starting it. Many reasons, but I hated it!
Gordon