That OS 55 AX is a great engine. You won't believe the power it has. As said.... it will have no trouble finding the Hubble!!!

CGr

FYI diversity is your friend in RC, I personally fly 80% scale planes in my hangar, but having a floaty fun plane right after finishing learning with the Nextar is not a bad choice as a second plane, my second plane was a Gizmo a highly acrobatic stunt plane, with symmetrical wings, that I enlarged the control surfaces so it would 3D if I wanted to go in that direction, matter of fact the Gizmo is way quicker and agile than any of my warbirds and is my first flight of the day plane just to get my hands warmed up.

truth is most of my scale planes are stable and not the most maneuverable planes out there they require power on landings is all, and are allot heavier in general, much is made of the dreaded tip stall which comes from flying too slow, mainly on landing approach, like any particular type of RC plane they all have there "rules " of successful flying if you have some help learning the basic rules, once you master these basics the transition to a more scale type plane is really not that hard, with a little assistance.

here is my Gizmo as I originally built and covered it, and after I crashed it and rebuilt it again my second plane after the Nextar

My advise is keep using your DX6i. It's a good radio and has all the features your going to need for a long time.

rrragman

its higher wing, therefore pretty stable.

My comment was geared toward low wing 3d aircraft as 2nd planes. The one you have is certainly a good option for a 2nd plane.

The issue with warbirds is exactly the characteristics they exhobit due to higher wing loading and higher landing speeds.

Everyone's different so we must each take our own path to rc fulfillment. Excellent that you weighed in with a different approach [:thumbsup:]