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Old 04-28-2009 | 07:11 AM
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Steve Steinbring
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Default RE: next plane

Wzak,

You might take a look at the Easy Sport which has a shoulder mounted wing. A good second airplane after a trainer capable of doing most basic aerobatic maneuvers pretty well. Another choice would be a Tower Kaos which is a step above the Easy Sport in capability, a good flier.

In modeling there are a lot of airplanes which don't look like a full scale aircraft but fly very well. Most scale type models do not fly all that well in comparison to a model designed from the ground up. That is because of problems trying to scale the full scale down to where it will actually fly as a model, ie. weight issues, wing/airfoil design, wing loading, and so forth. Many so called scale models are really a look alike version of the real thing in most cases standoff versions where it mostly resembles the full scale.

My suggestion would be to get a good flying model and not worry too much about how it looks compared to full scale aircraft until your ready to try scale model building. Attempting to fly an airplane that does not really perform well and has poor flying characteristics takes a lot of the fun out of the hobby.

Good flying!

Steve