A month ago I would have recommended a stick-type airplane without blinking.

Model Tech's Magic Xtra, for $119.00 is hard to beat. You can get away with standard servos and a 40-60 size engine. I have an OS SX .50 on mine and it rockets into unlimited virtical after just 10' of takeoff space.

The only problem I had was my elevator control had too much restriction because of the dual purshrod geometry. This made the use of a standard servo almost impossible. I could have solved this if I had played around with the controls but since I had a Hitec HS-605 available I used it instead.

If you can set you TX for dual-rates you will be emazed at how easy it is to fly this airplane on low rates. Switch to high rates and everything is available. I'm even thinking of pushing my high rates a little higher than the recommendation to try and get more 3D capabilities out of it.

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