My next project (after crashing my trainer once it's together) will be to get into FPV. I've been looking at various pusher prop ARFs on HobbyKing and elsewhere and am just curious as to what others think.
Their big foamy model seems like a bit of a pig with way too much frontal fuse. I wasn't surprised to see in Bruce's video that it wasn't all that coordinated in turns.
They have a nice fibre-glass kit that seems ideal at first look, but a light foamy would likely survive a remote crash landing better and would also be less likely to hurt anyone, or cause damage to property (like, oh I don't know, a control tower, hey Bruce)
The two obvious choices are the axn floater and the more roomy Bixler. I like the axn and it seems to fly a bit better, with greater speed range (and penetration) together with nice dynamic stability, but the Bixler is about the same price and seems to have more room for bits and bobs and can maybe handle the extra weight better.
EPP-FPV 1.8M X-Large EPP & Carbon Fiber R/C Plane
Fibre-glass FPV
Axn
Bixler
Thoughts?
Edit: Of course one could also scratch build a model, or adapt the wings off of a foamy and just make the fuselage or whatever.