if you like the Pinnacle, you'll fall in love with this one [8D]

I have a feeling I know which direction you're leaning....chinese motor perhaps? In the "definitely under $100" range?

We have played with a few. The real jewel in the bunch is the HXT 63-64B. It's basically an AXI F3A. And it behaves very similar, and we couldn't kill it....in fact it has now been in a total out, and survived. That one works. As for the rest, some do ok, some do sort of ok, some are junk.

Speed controls, still can't beat the Castle 85hv all around. There is a chinese 100A HV speed control, but it has issues. As in, it skips timing like the old castles a few years back before they upgraded thier firmware.

Packs? hit or miss. Usually don't last long, or they're bricks. the smaller ones are ok, but anything in the 4000+ range, they need some work still. I still use vampowers because they are solid as a rock and reasonably priced, and come with actual support.

This plane needs a 20x15 prop and about 235+ kvs though. It's draggy. it penetrates well, but if the wind gets really bad, that extra pitch is gold.

Just some stuff I learned lately.....

-Mike