Suggestions for entry level pattern plane

[ronlock at comcast.net]

I agree with Terry T.
And would add - your personal preferences will be developing
(and changing a few times)while you work your way through
sportsman and into Intermediate.  You might want to focus
on a sportsman/intermediate choice for now.

Later, Ron Lockhart

>From your short list, the only one that will take you successfullly into
advance is the Typhoon 2+2. The otheres will do well in the Sportsman
class, and will help you get started in the Intermediate, but at that
point you will be competing against all full blown pattern ships, and the
smaller ships are just at a tremendous disadvantage.

The one question I have had during this string, is What do you want to do
in the long run?

 I think that you will start to get mny very different answers now that
you have introduced a truely competitive ship to the options.

If your wallet can stand the hit, and your flying abilities are up to the
challenge, bite the bullet and get at least a good 120 ship. That is if
you can not get into the 2 meter ships'

Since so many of us have moved to the larger planes, there seems to be a
lot of the "smaller" 120 planes available. Last year I had a low time
Elan available, RTF for just $1400. That included all servos and engine.
Add your RX and fly! There should be other offers similar to that now
available.

Good luck, and welcome to the challenge of Precision Aerobatics!!

Terry T.<

On Sun, 02 May 2004 21:13:50 -0400 "Evan H. Dygert"
<evand at dygertconsulting.com> writes:
> Thanks for the ideas. I will be starting out in Sportsman 
> but I would like a plane that can handle at least 
> Sportsman and Intermediate with a possible shot at 
> Advanced to save money on buying multiple planes. I can't 
> believe how hard this decision is. Currently, my short 
> list is a Swallow Ex, Zimpro Viper 91, a Zen 90 or 
> possibly a Typhoon 2+2 that another member has for sale 
> (depending on price, etc). These all seem to be better 
> choices than either the Venus or the Tiger 60.
> 
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