Hello Everyone:

At the end of last year, I took great interest in this thread.

Where I fly, there is always some wind and about 25% of the time it's too windy to fly. I read on RCU that stick type planes are less effected by wind because of the small fuselage cross section.

My trainer plane, a Hobbico Superstar powered by an OS 50sx would be blown around a lot by the wind. Because it would end up in a different place to where I had pointed it, I would feel that I didn't have control of it. Also, when flying into the wind it would balloon up in a big way.

I already had a SuperTiger G90 so I bought a GP Big Stik 60 to try as a second plane which I hoped would handle the wind a little better.

I was itching to try the new plane but didn't quite have the courage.

The matter was decided for me a couple of weeks ago. I had a "mid-air" with my trainer. My Superstar went into the ground hard and was destroyed.

I'm still on the instructor and buddy box system. Because of family commitments, I wasn't able to fly my Big Stik 60 until yesterday.

I like it. My instructor observed "It flies beautifully" and "It's easier to fly than your trainer".

On low rates, the Big Stik 60 is easy to fly and easy to see in the air.

A big thank you to Jester241 for pointing me in this direction.

I look forward to many happy flights with my Stik. Now I'm thinking of getting a spare, just in case ......

Bye, Ian