Well I have been flying from about 1985 I'm am now 61 years old and have had 2 magics and I will say they are an excellent sport flyer.I am not a expert on 3d but I get by. There are some things that it won't do but tell me a plane for $100.00 that does it all. As far as a rear steering wheel it is off the ground in about 3 feet anyway.I use a ax46 on mine and at one half throttle I can hang it buy the prop for about 4 minutes (about as long as I am able). just my two cents..