well I finaly experienced my first crash at the field today.....I took the trainer flaps off of my nexstar the other day and tried flying it..the plane needed alot of adjusting but I eventually got it to fly decent...well today I decided to make a few more adjustments and get some good flying time in. I did just that but I got a little to acrobatic with the plane, (which I few other people have told me I've been pushing the nexstar to far and that I should move up to a bigger plane) and I ran out of elevator coming out of a vertical spin and hit the ground wing/nose first....the only thing that broke was where the rear horizontal stabilizer slides into...its weird, nothing else got damaged...Im not complaining....I think its time to get the fourstar .40

yup its time to get the fourstar .40

or an SSE. Soundsl like you are moving into the next level of flying congrats.

Flyboy76

Thats the problem with te nexstar. Whats the point of all the new "easy" to fly addons like flaps? LEarn with an instructor on a a normal tower hobbies trainer. Youll save 150$ and get better performance when you learn how to fly it. BUt soem people have their preferences i respect yours. My traienr is still going strong. IT seems that after people make modifications to their plane they crash. Funny, im planning to remove dihedral soon, crap.

nexstar22 - sounds like a great reason for a new plane to me. Of course, I never really needed a reason for a new plane.

I usually need a reason for a new plane, but never a "great reason"
Come to think of it, the new plane is usually the reason in and of itself!

My second after my Nexstar was a Tiger 60. Very nice to fly, very forgiving, yet does everything I wanted the Nexstar to do but could not. First engine on the Tiger 60 was an OS 61 SF followed by a Super Tigre 75 with a tuned pipe. Good power.

I also have the Four Star 40 and love it. Mine has an OS 50 and flys like the dickens!!

Enjoy whatever you finally decide on, but if it were me, I would opt for the 60 size aircraft.. easier to see up there.

DS.

hahaha thanks for the support and agreeing that I need another plane. I just kind of feel bad that I crashed it..my bad...but im not gonna let it get me down....I've already taken the radio equip. and engine out. Im gonna repair the nexstar and put the engine and radio equip in my next plane.....

If it makes you feel any better, I can promise that it won't be the last crash.

I trained on a Kadet LT 40. I must say what a georgeous plane to fly. It has had over 300 flights wheels down and I have NEVER tightened a screw, bolt, anything. I mean NOTHING! Gas it up, take off. I t really pays to do it right the first time. Just got done building a Four Star 40. I am affraid to fly it. I keep making excuses not to take it out after I spent 2 months building it. Arf's are nice but where's the fun in that?