by pldb64 » Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:20 am
Brad,
My $0.02 worth here.
I'm also an AXN newbie. I've been flying it for 5 months and its certainly a great plane for "fun" flying. I expect i'll be flying the AXN for a long time to come even with any second/third or further planes in my flying future. As mentioned above, it'll do basic aerobatics. I've got it doing loops, inverted loops, figure 8s', inverted figure 8's, rolls (albeit they are rather slow rolls), immelman turns etc. All good fun.
It clearly won't do 3d so if you're considering that is your direction, then you'll need something else.
Bruce has shown it can be used for FPV if thats your direction, but perhaps there are other platforms that are more suited to that depending on the nature of the flying you want to do.
For me, i want to get bronze wing accredited and my club has indicated i need to have a plane with landing gear (to take off and land with an undercarriage) in order to satisfy that requirement. Hence i've opted for the Skywing SBach 342 - bestvaluerc.com; The MXS also has received good reviews. That might be worth considering.
You might be some better responses if you can indicate what sort of flying you'd like to do?
Peter
Turnigy 9x, FrSky 2-Way/Telemetry DHT DIY, Smartieparts BRD, ER9x FW
AXN-Floater (stock esc, motor & prop, HK orange 9g servos)