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Old 08-18-2008 | 09:55 AM
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Default RE: Looking for good 3rd plane.

With the exception of the Revolver, of which I am unfamiliar with, none of these planes are fast. You can get fast 3D planes, but these aren’t it. To meet your other requirements, such as KE, good inverted, axial rolls, good beginner 3D plane, I’d suggest the UCanDo well above the rest. The longer tail moment and better distributed side area make this plane perform KE and hovers better than the Sig SE and the Twist, and it tends to be more stable in pitch and yaw, making the learning process easier (i.e. when panic mode kicks in the plane can be easily brought back under control.) 3D maneuvers that involve spins will suffer with the UCanDo due to the airfoil shape and thickness, but the same would apply to the Sig SE and Twist due to their airfoils/thickness, ect.