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Sig Ep-40 ARF
30.00%
Tiger moth ARF
30.00%
Mig 15 ARF
0
0%
ANY KIND OF BIY
40.00%
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Old 05-28-2006 | 01:53 PM
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Default Plane choice

I was wondering If you had to chose 1 of the 4 planes what would it be.....
Old 05-28-2006 | 03:15 PM
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Default RE: Plane choice

what kind of flying to you do?
what kind of flight experiance do you have?
are you stuck on ARF's or can you or are you willing to build.
what size contrains, buget contraints?
are you stuck on electric or glow?
I'll assume your a begginer in which case this is what you need

[link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXMU53**&P=0]avistar[/link]

if not then
[link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXX402&P=0]strike[/link]
if your into small and fast
I got the .40 sized and love it, it out runs my 427 quickies

[link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXMCN5&P=0]racing[/link]
ever thought about evetualy competing. these are a blast in packs

this is my all time favorite tear up the sky model. put an MVVS or rossi 45 in it
[link=http://morrishobbies.com/product_info.php?products_id=29&osCsid=31abafec1a5 5066a141ee230aa935048]balsa nova[/link]

otherwise cubs are great 2-3 plane
Old 05-28-2006 | 03:37 PM
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You have a Tiger Moth and an F15 both listed. They fly on the opposite ends of the speed, response spectrum. As Redfox pointed out you have to narrow it down by decideing what the plane is going to be used for. [8D]
Old 05-28-2006 | 03:43 PM
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I voted for the BIY, but you can't go wrong with the Sig ARF.
Old 05-28-2006 | 06:39 PM
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Is this your first plane? If so, I would definitily buy a trainer.

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