RE: Reliable setup?
Joo you are bad! Actros!!! YUMMEE!!!!! I love to own Plettenbergs but only have one, so so so smooth, beats the AXI and Hackers etc. Try the XOAR, you will love it. Much better than APC, I have not bothered to use APC now since I tried them.
3D ... you want a motor that can turn an 11x5.5, a 200W-250W motor perhaps with a 25A ESC. What plane it is to be exact ...