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Old 07-30-2009 | 08:16 PM
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Default Best flying skymaster?

Folks, I need help making a hard decision... so many jets, not enough money, gotta choose one.

So, having seen the fit and finish of several jets, of friends and club members, I've settled on the Skymaster line... that's one choice narrowed down.

My difficulty is in choosing which one? They're all beautiful. I love the F86, F5/F20, F4, F15, Jas 39... given enough years I may end up having some of them.

My level of experience so far is with a CARF Eurosport with a P160. Awesome flying jet and I love the handling. So this would be for my second jet, the first scale jet.

I would like to make the main decision criteria the ease of flying and handling. Which of the above flies best? Which is the easiest to land? We have a 300m (900ft) asphalt runway, but I still would like to be able to fly from a 500 ft (150m) runway safely.

The second criteria would be size. I can see the Jas 39 is the smallest one, but they don't look like they sell a lot here in RCU. And the F5 is huge, has to be taken appart to fit in any size car.

Thanks for all the opinions

Hermann