This is an introductory plane which has a top mounted wing with some dihedral, held in place with rubber bands. I chose it to build because the only plane that I had flown previously was the HobbyZone Champ and I was not a very good pilot so I could learn to fly bigger planes on a stable platform. The flight performance is not very good in terms of acrobatics but it makes a very good trainer and is very stable in the air. Another thing that is nice about this plane is that the plans include (in addition to the fuselage), a power nose, a glider nose, a trainer wing (without ailerons or 3 channel) and a sport wing (with ailerons or 4 channel). Because of this the plane is very customizable and when you crash, it is easy to make replacement parts for the specific area that was damaged.

Link to the Flite Test plans: FT Tiny Trainer (Go to "resources" and select the size of paper that you want)

The FT Mini Guinea is a dual motor, top mounted wing plane. The wing is also held in with rubber bands. I chose to build it because after a while I was starting to get bored with the FT Tiny Trainer and I had always had wanted to fly a twin motor model. As far as flight characteristics, it is not quite as stable as the FT Tiny Trainer, because of it's lack of dihedral. It makes up for its lack of stability with it's power, because it is very fast. It is also a fully 4 channel airplane and it is even 5 if you count the seccond motor as another channel. A few design features are: a removable nose to allow easy access to the battery and other electronics, a build in bomb door and a easily detachable wing. I don't use the bomb door because I have enough trouble getting the plane to be balanced as it is without having an extra 30 grams of payload in the back. Overall I really like this plane due to it's roomy interior and semi-modular design.

Link to the Flite Test plans: FT Mini Guinea (Go to "resources" and select the size of paper that you want)

The HobbyZone Champ is a single motor, top mounted wing, extremely light airplane. It is a 3 channel airplane and it very light. I think that the biggest advantage of this kind of airplane is that because of it's relativity small size it is very light and easy to carry around. Another advantage of the small size is that it means that it is not as expensive as other planes and also when you crash the plane will not be quite as damaged as if it were heavier. The version that I got was a ready to fly that comes with everything that you need to start flying. Included is the plane, a transmitter, a USB charger, and a battery. After a while I decided to buy another few batteries because I was a bit annoyed that when I was done with one battery I would have to go back home and charge it before I could go and fly again. Overall I quite liked the Champ as a trainer plane but after I got a bigger plane it was not used at all due to the fact that it's light wight made it very hard to control in any amount of wind.