RE: New Plane
You should check out the Eratix from Horizon Hobby. 149.00 all up price 6-700 with everything. If you already have some of the stuff that would be cool.
It does any 3D you want to do and it is fairly easy doing it. I fly one and it is my 3rd. makes you so confident that myself keep getting lower and lower doing 3D until finally I just dumb thumbed the other two. Also very eye catching color scheme with the NEON ORANGE, ClEAR, and Bright Blue, with some White. I would reccomend this plane to anyone wanting to do 3D.
Setup for it I use is the lower of the two recommended which is the 25 E-Flite instead of the 32
Takes 4200 lipo or two 2100's ran (parelell or series don't really know which it is) 11.1 V and the run together or are hooked up to run at same time giving me 4200.
Servo's are metal gear as this plane is a 3Der. and takes some torc.
I used the Hit Tec MG 145's
60 amp ESC
13X6 APC and balanced would help.
Very light plane with light wing load floats in for landing very smooth.
Take off roll is about 10ft. maybe shorter if you wanted.
I am not a 3d guru or even close but have harrier landed this plane. Was accident first time as i had it in a harrier and kept getting lower until i either had to land or crash and it landed lol. Good luck but this plane does deserve a good looking at if you want to do 3D. There are some video's of it deeper in the forums here. May be in the elec. part. but they are here.
PS the 25 is way enough power to hover at 3/4 throttle and still have plenty pull out power.