Planes We Like
SCSR does not endorse any particular vendor, we are grateful to all the companies that make or sell us our toys! However, the question below is one that is asked frequently:
I'm new to Racing, what plane should I get?
Answer: Ideally, one that is slower than mine :-)
We get this question a lot. In foamies, the selection is limited to only a few mfr's that build high quality racing foamies.
With "crunchies", the selection is vast and diverse. For F3F ships, we usually recommend getting a used one to start with. In Man on Man, reparability or spare parts availability are sometimes important factors along with speed and ballast capacity.
For Unlimited MoM, you want a plane that can hold more ballast than you may think possible. These planes can fly at a max all up weight of 11 lbs (that's 176 oz!), and as the course is quite long, large wingspan and high visibility are common traits.
This is a partial list of pre-approved foamies:
- Gulp (SR or DS)
- M60
- Bluto 54
- JW 54 or 60
- LEG "One-D"
- RedbackEPP
- Eraser 60
- Electron DS 60
- Halfpipe (all sizes)
This is a partial list of 60" crunchy planes we typically see:
- MiniBlade
- Nemesis
- Mach Dart
- Fredy/MiniDragon
- Destiny 54"
- Banana
- Bird
- MiniNyx
- Prodij
- Bird
- ScorpionII
- And many others...
This is a partial list of Unlimited/F3F planes we
typically see:
- Acacia/Acacia II
- Skorpion F3F
- Nyx F3F
- Pike/Pike WR/Pike Brio
- Trinity F3F/Trinity F3B
- Blade XL
- Storm
- Aris
- Arkanj
- Miraj
- Stratos
- Wizard II
- Sting/New Sting/Big Sting
- Viking
- Tragi 702/Tragi 704
- Cohen F3F/Cohen DS
- Hades/Hades II
- Stratos SR
- And many others...