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Originally Posted by dad911
Love the Pitts also.
Jeff, is that bigger one electric? What brand?
Does it fly better than the small one?
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All of the airplanes in those photos are electric. The smaller ones are UMX brand, the larger Pitts is an E-Flite brand. In the photo showing a few other airplanes as well, you can see their batteries laying on the deck in front of each size of airplane. I get all of this stuff from Horizon Hobbies. Unfortunately, the smaller UMX airplanes seem to have all been "discontinued" in the last year, I suspect as a result of COVID induced supply problems with China. And the larger E-Flites seem to be kind of spotty right now.
I've since added the E-Flite Clipped Wing Cub to the fleet as well. The larger E-Flite airplanes are my favorites to fly, because they do fly better than the smaller UMX's. They do, of course, need more room, so sometimes the little UMX's can be flown where the bigger E-Flites cannot, so there is that.
Both sizes have some form of electronic gyro stability systems. They make a tremendous difference, and are very non-invasive. I've been flying R/C for almost 40 years, and up until the introduction of these systems, airplanes of these sizes would have been very difficult to fly. Especially a very short-coupled aerobatic bipe like the Pitts. These new gyro stabilization systems make these little guys "fly bigger", much more stabile than they have any right to be. It really, really makes all of the difference on that little Gee Bee - I'm convinced it would be un-flyable without it.
Here is a short in-cockpit video shot from my E-Flite Pitts: