I think the Decathlon is an excellent choice, theres nothing wrong with it as a good plane for ya to get into ailerons and more maneuvers.

The full scale counterpart is and has been a very successful aerobatic trainer since it’s beginnings when it was the “Champion Citabria”. Which if you dont know this Citabria spelled backwards is “Airbatic”.

I have this plane, and since have upgraded it’s power pkg to a brushless setup. E-flight Park400 and eflight 20a ESC, and running on a 3cell 1250mah Lipo. Prop is an APC 9×6 SF, started with the 9×4.7 but later went to the 9×6 for a bit more airspeed, better take off and climbout performance.

I bought one of the first one’s off the line and it’s power pkg was a bit weak.

Now as I understand they have changed the battery supplied to a 9.6v Nimh instead of the 2cell Lipo in the first ones. This higher voltage gives it a bit more power than the first run of them, by about 20%. Which should be adequete, and in scale.

But, mine with it’s much more powerful powerplant is a very capable aerobatic performer now and is my second favorite of my fleet.

Rating: 5 / 5