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[monkiee]

Originally Posted by Jimmyboy

Now this is confusing ???

If you go to SL home page there is the Hangar section, in there is the choosing plane link and it states that the T28 is fully aerobatic and for experienced flyers, the stryker is rated with 2 stars along with the spit???

Confused !!! lol

Jim.

The differance between the T28 and the F27C, is the F27C is very quick, therfore it will catch you out! the T28 is quite a simple aircraft to fly, i do not know how the star rating works on the SL website but trust me i have both, and the F27C can be tricky at times.

[neptunecloud]

Originally Posted by Jimmyboy

Now this is confusing ???

If you go to SL home page there is the Hangar section, in there is the choosing plane link and it states that the T28 is fully aerobatic and for experienced flyers, the stryker is rated with 2 stars along with the spit???

Confused !!! lol

Jim.

That's simple Jim, and the answer is something I came across when getting my first Horizon plane (an Aerobird 3). It's the same with the Hobbyzone planes. Basically, the marketing department at Horizon decides which "bracket" to put a model in based on 1) number of controllable surfaces, and 2) what form of "training mode" is available from the TX (eg, ACT). It's got nothing to do with how easy the plane is to fly!

So, the T28 is considered advanced because it's four channel, and the Stryker is "only" three channel. It certainly doesn't bear any relationship with the real world, or indeed how easy/stable/slow they fly or can be flown. In fact, it doesn't even seem to have any connection with what target market HH are aiming at, but hey ho