CrackerMcGillicuddy
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What planes do you regret buying? What planes would you replace if they got totaled?
Here's some planes I would never replace:
The ParkFlyers Gee Bee 3D - my first RC plane and my worst one. It's still my hardest to fly plane, just bad.
The LightFlite Twirl Autogyro - just boring.
The BP Cub - too easy to crash, it just dares you to try a simple trick so it can demonstrate its crashing abilities. It tip stalls VERY easily. Nice plane to look at though (it's balsa).
The E-Flite 4-Site - it's fun to fly BUT it's soooo delicate you can crunch it just trying to install the battery.
The Flyzone Albatros - I love it's looks but it's badly engineered. For example the prop is pressed onto the motor shaft, now screwed on like it should be. It comes loose and whataya gonna do? I put a Ultra-Micro Mustang motor/gearbox in mine and now it's great and it has a lot more power now.
The Ultra-Micro Beast - just too wild for me, too easy to crash. I guess they fixed it with the new AS3X system on the new model.
The Ultra-Micro Mosquito - tip stalls extremely easily, not as stable as I would like.
The Blade SR Helicopter - I've flown it five times... five crashes... many replacement parts. Mine's not stable in the least. I just want it to hover but it won't cooperate. Waste of money.
Here's some of the planes I own that I would replace:
The AXN Floater Jet - great plane once you learn how to launch it.
The Parkzone Wildcat - my most reliable plane, never had to do any work on it and it flies great.
The Hobbyzone Super Cub - just all around great and durable. Mine has ailerons, brushless motor and lights.
Any Flying Wing - I just love flying wings
The Hangar 9 Aspire EP - very stable and friendly, good power with a brushless motor, poor power in stock form. I have three of these (yes, I'm addicted).
SkyFun and ParkJet - same plane, different sizes. They're hard to launch by hand so I use a bungee catapult. Just fun to fly but careful if you go too slow - death spiral!
The Great Planes SE5a Biplane - made of balsa, just love it.
The Hawk 3D (aka HobbyKing Super 3D Flatform) - very durable and very aerobatic.
The Parkzone Ultra-Micro Mustang - very stable and flies scale-like for an ultra micro.
The Hobbyzone Champ - just easy fun and durable. Flies good in wind too.
The Hammer 3D - a profile flat depron foamy, very stable, rolls like crazy, good slow-speed/high alpha flyer. Mine has lots of LED lights.
Here's some planes I would never replace:
The ParkFlyers Gee Bee 3D - my first RC plane and my worst one. It's still my hardest to fly plane, just bad.
The LightFlite Twirl Autogyro - just boring.
The BP Cub - too easy to crash, it just dares you to try a simple trick so it can demonstrate its crashing abilities. It tip stalls VERY easily. Nice plane to look at though (it's balsa).
The E-Flite 4-Site - it's fun to fly BUT it's soooo delicate you can crunch it just trying to install the battery.
The Flyzone Albatros - I love it's looks but it's badly engineered. For example the prop is pressed onto the motor shaft, now screwed on like it should be. It comes loose and whataya gonna do? I put a Ultra-Micro Mustang motor/gearbox in mine and now it's great and it has a lot more power now.
The Ultra-Micro Beast - just too wild for me, too easy to crash. I guess they fixed it with the new AS3X system on the new model.
The Ultra-Micro Mosquito - tip stalls extremely easily, not as stable as I would like.
The Blade SR Helicopter - I've flown it five times... five crashes... many replacement parts. Mine's not stable in the least. I just want it to hover but it won't cooperate. Waste of money.
Here's some of the planes I own that I would replace:
The AXN Floater Jet - great plane once you learn how to launch it.
The Parkzone Wildcat - my most reliable plane, never had to do any work on it and it flies great.
The Hobbyzone Super Cub - just all around great and durable. Mine has ailerons, brushless motor and lights.
Any Flying Wing - I just love flying wings
The Hangar 9 Aspire EP - very stable and friendly, good power with a brushless motor, poor power in stock form. I have three of these (yes, I'm addicted).
SkyFun and ParkJet - same plane, different sizes. They're hard to launch by hand so I use a bungee catapult. Just fun to fly but careful if you go too slow - death spiral!
The Great Planes SE5a Biplane - made of balsa, just love it.
The Hawk 3D (aka HobbyKing Super 3D Flatform) - very durable and very aerobatic.
The Parkzone Ultra-Micro Mustang - very stable and flies scale-like for an ultra micro.
The Hobbyzone Champ - just easy fun and durable. Flies good in wind too.
The Hammer 3D - a profile flat depron foamy, very stable, rolls like crazy, good slow-speed/high alpha flyer. Mine has lots of LED lights.