ORIGINAL: _brad_
I am in Central New York, so winter flying is out of the question. I just want to line up my project for the winter - patience is not one of my virtues :-)
I will look into your suggestions and thanks for the reply.
Why Is winter flying out of the question? All the world is an airfield in the winter! Lots of available fields and frozen lakes. Just strap skis on the model.
How about a Top Flite Contender 60? Nice, solid model that is very forgiving and has trike gear. A good build, too. No 3-D, but a good warbird trainer (the apron flap gets you in the practice of dropping the gear switch). It will do all the traditional/Aresti maneuvers.