Moved up from the Nexstar


Hi all,

I just wanted to get your opinions on something. I just crashed my Nexstar into a tree at my flying field. I am not going to blame it on anything but my own stupidity I was flying in low light at the end of the day. Anyway, I did just a little leading edge damage and need to repair it. In the meantime, I had a ready to go Nitromodel Low wing trainer I bought in anticipation of moving up. I decided to give it a try buddy boxed with the chief instructor from my club. OMG!!! The thing was soooooo much easier to fly than my original Nexstar trainer I can’t even express to you the difference. This thing handled like it was on rails and it landed so beautifully and came down EXACLY when and where I wanted to put it every time. Now my question is this. Why do a lot of guys always seem to discourage newer pilots from moving up? I am still far from doing precision acrobatics but this airplane will at least give me a real nice platform for learning. I can do roles, loops, and stall turns with the nextstar but could never do a knife edge or keep it inverted (safely) for long. With the low wing trainer I was able to do all of these on my 4th flight up with it. Granted they where sloppy but easily accomplished. Now don’t misinterpret the tone of this message. I am not saying anyone is wrong or anything like that. I just want to know if I am a strange case or if I was just ready to move up and didn’t really know it until I tried? My point is starting to do aerobatics in a nNexstar not only seems like the hard way but down right dangerous to everyone around you. It was like trying to make high speed hairpin turns in a tractor trailer.

Thx