ORIGINAL: 499DRJustin
It's a little disheartening to see a lot of people calling it a piece of crap.
I'll suited to be a trainer, yes.
Crap, well that's debatable.
It has postives and negatives. Some of those negatives are not good for a beginner, a more experienced backyard flyer may have more luck with it, although they'll tire of it quickly.
ORIGINAL: 499DRJustin
Hobbyzone saw a huge untapped market.
Yup and that's the problem. They are targetting people who don't know better.
ORIGINAL: 499DRJustin
I just want to drive 10 minutes to my local park, spend about an hour there, and drive 10 minutes to go home. And I don't want to pay to have to do it. And I don't want to spend more than $200.
While that may be, it is somewhat irrelevant to the applicability of the Cub, other than the price point... and there are alternatives.
ORIGINAL: 499DRJustin
I found the perfect match, thanks to these forums too!
I love it here, but I'll have to disagree with what most are saying in this thread...
I'm sure there are many out there just like me.
A few of us are looking at this plane from the standpoint of whether or not to recommend it to a newbie.
In particular I don't have any set "favorite", but I do have experience with novices using this and other planes, which I believe at least gives me a bit of a perspective of what happens with each of the ones I've seen. I don't have an ownership bias on any of these.
Given the experiences with newbies bringing these planes out and trying to fly them as "trainers", questioning it's knee-jerk recommendation as a trainer is not unfounded....
I'm glad it worked out for you though.