I'm just starting out with 3d and use a ft 3d, absolutely love it. So far I can do loops, rolls, inverted, harrier, snap rolls, water falls and the just keeps getting better the more flights I get in. I'm not afraid to fly and try new things because it's so cheap to build another. I am currently building my third ft 3d, I have managed to kill 1 a week for 3 weeks. This is the first plane I have even got to fly and get a successful flight out of. I picked the ft 3d right off the bat because all I really want to learn to fly is 3d.
It should be noted that I typically fly helis and am pursuing 3d with helis as well and use the plane as a means of improving my heli skills cause a plane doesn't stop moving therefore should help with keeping a heli in constant movement. I also do lots and lots and lots of orientation practice for my heli flying which helps alot when it comes to the plane as its missing 2 orientations over a heli, so all the orientation practice has made the plane easy and relaxing to fly. I fly it in just about any weather conditions and that is typically helps to destroy them and it took me a while to figure out how too get them in the air, it destroyed the first one I built before I even got to fly, but the second one I got launch and landings sorted out. The launch was the biggest obstacle to overcome for me, the acrobatic stuff just keeps happening for me very easily.