Sounds like your factory was in China though, Paul. And that's a risk of doing business over there, where copyright/patent/trademark law is just the punchline to a bad joke.

I know I'm a little late here, but I reall like the GWS stuff. The airframes are very cheap and durable, and then you can throw whatever electronics in that you want. I have (or have had) the Tigermoth, F4U, PT-17, P-51, and T-6A. They're all fun to fly. You can get most of their stuff from

www.epyaya.com

I haven't been flying much lately, but looking at all these pics has me wanting to!

multipex easystar is another good starter, quite a lot of the new guys at our club start out with them.

Craig

Just spotted this and thought I'd add my ha'penny-worth:

I recently bought a Parkzone T-28 Trojan and a Spektrum 6 combo; Great little plane and fairly aerobatic.
Something I wasn't aware of until the guy in the shop took it out of the box is that it has an undercambered wing, so will fly very slowly.
Requires a fair bit of 'down' to stay up when inverted though!
Everything else I saw in this size range seems to have flat plate wings.
No building whatsoever required and the (very cheap) batteries swap out from underneath without any hatches.

I also bought a 'Beast' biplane, but the Trojan gets the most stick time at the moment...the name is not chosen lightly

After spending years building from plans and faffing around with 4-stroke glow engines, it's great to just decide to go flying, and actually be flying 5 minutes later!