ORIGINAL: kbailey45
... I really have to be careful with the planes I have since I dont have the money to repair and replace them all the time. What do you guys think about buying a used 50cc plane.
Statements like that and the one earlier when you say you don't want a profile go against eachother. Speaking from experience, nothing will train you for larger 3D models like a profile. Profiles are cheap, which you want, they bounce rather than smash, and they fly like much larger (aka easier to 3d) than they are. You're kind of shooting yourself in the foot not trying one IMO. 40-size planes marketed as "3d" simply aren't. Sure they look good and fly sport aerobatics just fine. slow them down huck them around and they drop a wing or tear the gear out or break in half. I'm speaking from experience. It's cheaper and way faster to get a profile, then move up.
Mike