Mark Allen 1

Hi, I have started to build one too, planning to go with the outdoor wing.  Never built from a plan before so it's all new to me.  Bought three sheets of depron as required and will have loads left over, I even wondered about scaling the intro-vert up.  Tail plane and fin is currently at the glue stage. Electrics next,  need to do some web shopping.

Hi Roy, like yourself I wanted to move on from my CX2. Looking at reviews I decided to get a Mini Titan E325 or Trex 450.  In the end I bought a Trex500CF! !  Like previous aircraft models I have bought, I thought why buy something only to buy a larger version later on.  I took a couple of months building it following lots of tips and advice on the web there is a lot to learn moving from up the contra heli. Following lots of tail in hovering (the noise was fantastic) and one crash after losing orientation, I bought the Phoenix Sumulator and practiced like mad.  The Sim has allowed me to progress to fast forward flight which is fantastic fun.   All in, this has taken me twelve months but I have been in no rush and really enjoyed each stage of progression. It handles the breeze better than my electric fixed wing machine getting between 5 and 8 minutes of sport(ish) flying per battery, I have 2200mah, 2500mah and 3000mah batteries.   I cannot claim to be anexperienced flyer but wanted to show that jumping from a contra to a 500 is very achievable. Quite an initial investment though, batteries, charger, radio, gyro etc but they are all items I use for my aicraft too.  Mark