Your favorite plane

[Oxotnik]

This is a little tough to answer. I want to say that my FLRC P-38 is my favorite, but I'm always stressed when I fly it. I'm not sure why, maybe it's because that it's so slender and fast (relatively speaking) that it takes every ounce of concentration. I know that the guys at the field love for me to fly, and that certainly makes me want to fly it. But, after flying and landing it, I feel mentally drained.

Honestly, I think that the EFlight P-47D is my favorite to fly. Why???
- It's really easy to fly. It's very well behaved and stable. I can fly it and carry on a conversation and don't have to give it my undivided attention.
- It has a beautiful presence in the sky. The paint scheme is fabulous.
- The 'fatness' of it makes it very easy to see.
- I've upgraded to a bigger (Extra 300) prop, and it now has a nice top-end speed, without being just crazy fast.
- With the AS3X, it is very forgiving of mistakes. Several times, I've jumped into the air too quickly, and the P-47 simply climbed on out, completely forgiving me of a mistake that would've crashed most other warbirds.

I usually will fly this plane 4 or 5 times, while flying my other planes only once or twice. I guess the reason that I like it so much is that it looks good, handles well, and is totally stress-free to fly and land.

I think that this onboard video footage shows how much fun it is to fly: https://youtu.be/_9x3zrAoftw

[Westsider]

For prop jobs, my go to planes are my "condiments"- the RocHobby F2G Super Corsair (ketchup), and the RocHobby P-39 Cobra II -(mustard). Flying these planes is like putting on my favorite sneakers. Edf, I love my Freewing Stinger 64hp. Fast, fun and durable. Makes me smile everytime! I like these three because I can put them in any car I have without a fuss and off to the field. The Me262 is also a real kick as well. T-CAT says I'll throw 'em all away when I fly the Stinger 90. ;) As far as a kit I'd like to see, an F-8 Crusader would be cool, and of course an SR-71 would be the coolest!

[bradl4648]

Hi guys

I have to say for myself the best plane I like is the stinger90 and the E-flite carbon T-28. Both are fun to fly

[CZ Flyer]

Thanks guys, the Dynam WACO is my all around favorite plane. Like I said, others take the lime light when they are new and exciting, but I always end up going back to the WACOs. Both of mine are wrapped with Oracal vinyl, one to replicate a PT-14 and the other wears the Pepsi scheme that was on a Travel Air bipe that was famous for sky writing up into the 70s.

So what is everyone else's favorite? Not necessarily your hot plane at the moment, but what is your "go to" plane when you just want to enjoy flying RC?

That Pepsi scheme is gorgeous! I've not owned a bipe yet. you may have inspired me.

[wvrailfan]

Thanks guys, the Dynam WACO is my all around favorite plane. Like I said, others take the lime light when they are new and exciting, but I always end up going back to the WACOs. Both of mine are wrapped with Oracal vinyl, one to replicate a PT-14 and the other wears the Pepsi scheme that was on a Travel Air bipe that was famous for sky writing up into the 70s.

So what is everyone else's favorite? Not necessarily your hot plane at the moment, but what is your "go to" plane when you just want to enjoy flying RC?

[PappaBear]

Great paint scheme on the Waco.

Martin.

[Grossman56]

Looks great WV, that's one great thing about bipes, they beg to be painted!!

Grossman56

[Tsmith]

I'm going to base what I call my favorite based on what I "consistently" enjoy flying, and that would be my Dynam WACOs. One of them is nearly always in the car when I go to the field. I go through phases when something new gets more air time and more attention, but the WACO is always there, comfortable and dependable. So this week, I've been flying the new MIG-21 each day, but I'm still bringing the WACO and putting it up as my wind down and relax plane.

Awesome Pic! Love both

[dkalwishky]

Love the Pepsi scheme!

[wvrailfan]

I'm going to base what I call my favorite based on what I "consistently" enjoy flying, and that would be my Dynam WACOs. One of them is nearly always in the car when I go to the field. I go through phases when something new gets more air time and more attention, but the WACO is always there, comfortable and dependable. So this week, I've been flying the new MIG-21 each day, but I'm still bringing the WACO and putting it up as my wind down and relax plane.

[RCjetdude]

Hands down the Mig-21.

[Grossman56]

If you would have asked me a week ago my favorites would be my F-86 and P-38.

Now that I've flown my Bearcat it is now my favorite. It's such a sweetheart of a flyer, looks great in the air and lands easily.

Amen brother!!

Grossman56

[dkalwishky]

If you would have asked me a week ago my favorites would be my F-86 and P-38.

Now that I've flown my Bearcat it is now my favorite. It's such a sweetheart of a flyer, looks great in the air and lands easily.

I would LOVE for Freewing to make a B-24! I'd buy two of them.

[F106DeltaDart]

For planes that haven't been modeled that I would want to see, my first choice is an F-106. 2nd is tied between the XB-70 and the B-29.

[crxmanpat]

Well, if you're asking about our favorite plane of all time, regardless if it's been modeled or not, then I have to go with the F-16XL. One sexy beast! I would love to have one in say 90mm (hint hint wink wink).

[PappaBear]

I asked the question because it is a fun thing to think about one's favorite plane, and also what's next on the list. Personally I have so many favorites. When you decide on one. Another one seems to appear from no where. I've often said "If I live to be a 1000 years old, I would never be able to build all the planes I would like." With that in mind, I do what I can.

Martin

[F106DeltaDart]

Hmm.. I'm going to have to break this out by category. Favorite edf by far is my 80mm F-86. It is smooth, predictable, and looks wonderfully scale in the air. Favorite prop airplane is a real toss up, but I'd say it's probably my modded Avios Sea Fury. The five blade certainly makes it unique, it tracks smooth, and has great climb power. Favorite aircraft would be my 500 AH-6 Little Bird. Flying that helicopter is so relaxing and fun it's easy to loose track of time to until the remote starts beeping at you.

[CZ Flyer]

Man! That's like asking, "Which one of your kids is your favorite?" (Fortunately I only have one son..) I have 6 planes so far, and my Carbon Z Cub tops the list. I favor it because it's the best of both worlds. Slow & scale & beautiful, or all out fun machine.(still trying to learn how to hover..) Second is my Carbon Z T-28 basically because it flies so darn scale & predictable. 3rd is my Hobbyzone Corsair that I got for $50! Replaced the "safe" receiver with a regular one and this plane flies fantastic.

[T-CAT]

My favorite plane is a toss up between the Freewing 80mm F-86 and the Freewing Stinger 90. I'm basing this off of purely flight characteristics. They are both very predictable, track smoothly through the air, can do their fair share of aerobatics (especially the Stinger), are rather durable, and land so unbelievably easy it's scary. In RC, it's fun to own a little mixture of everything because it provides a unique experience. One side of the spectrum is such as aircraft that just provide a lot of ease to fly, fun, ones you can throw around in the air with less worry, lands like a butterfly, etc., and on the opposite side of the spectrum are more challenging aircraft to see in the air due to orientation issues of the airframe, more complicated to landing, more complex mixing, much faster speeds, vertical takeoffs and landings, etc. The F-86 and Stinger 90 are more in the first category, as they are the "go-to" planes that a person can depend on in various environments and conditions and expect a relatively similar flight experience time after time without much worry. It's nice to always have those types of planes in the hangar.

If I were to base my favorite plane off of looks alone, I'd say it's a toss up between the Freewing F14 80mm and F-15 90mm. I'm biased though because those are at the top of my list of favorites since I was a kid.

Im still waiting for my scaled out F-18 (90mm) and F22 (90mm) and then I'll reconsider, LOL :p;):cool:.

[jobinseattle]

I would go with my Big Stik 60. A very nice flyer. Also I can't leave out any of my Sigs. I don't have a Sig plane I don't like. I don't have this yet but will be my next plane.

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