HobbyZone Sportsman S+ | Flite Test
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2015
- We take a look at the Sportsman S+ and try out some of it's SAFE plus and auto land features!
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Official Calibration Video - (HobbyZone Sportsman S+)
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"Here you take the airplane I'm going to read the manual." That is the best.
You guys are so much fun to watch. I just bought one of these at the Kitchener Waterloo Flying Dutchman 50th anniversary show this weekend. After watching this I am sure I made the right choice..... I really appreciate the clean intelligent content that you've always put up. Please don't change and keep up the great work. Thanks so much!
I want to give a report on the S+. I was very skeptical about this plane being a beginner trainer. My son wanted to get into flight so bad, but the FT Beginners we were using kept getting nosed into the ground. So for Christmas we got him this S+ after seeing this episode. So my son and I went out to test it and make sure everything was calibrated right. I was so impressed at the characteristics of it and how well it handled in all modes. Matter of fact, I was so impressed that for his second flight, I took my fourstar out so I could fly with him. I put a video on RUclips on both the test flight and my sons second flight. This aircraft has taken him leaps and bounds in his confidence of flight. If anyone is interested on those vidoes the Channel is Gilbert Maxwell. I am not a videographer by any means. Thank you Flitetest for helping make the flying experience easy and very affordable. Anyone reading this comment that wants to start out, FT Nutball and FT Baby Blender are great to start with. The Baby Blender is so dosile yet manuverable. It can be dialed down for a good fisrt 4 channel flight. It is still my favorite flyer.
I've seen a TON of flight tests on RC aircraft. Most you could easily tell they were done poorly by amateurs. This was by far the BEST one I've seen yet. LOVED the FPV! Makes me want to go out & buy the Sportsman S+ right now. Great job guys.
NOTE: I would LOVE to see Hobby Zone come out with a Float Kit for this aircraft & be able to keep all of the flight characteristics! Being able to auto land on water!
Hold this while I read the manual. Classic.
RCShufty
Manual? Dey doan need no steenkeen manual!
i love it when the entire family are doing the same hobby together. You guys are awesome. Thumbs up to Jen. Awesome flying!
Do you think it was landing hard because you were hand launching from over your head? It may take that elevation as ground level. It was flying well until the last 5' or so. Might be that the GPS thinks the aircraft should be on the ground already below where you launched it from.
That's a really good point, I wonder if the landing elevation is where you spool up the motor or where it actually starts tracking GPS ground speed.
Casey Diers Good point. I think it's supposed to take off from ground anyways. It's a beautiful plane meant for scale flight. So taking off from the ground it's going to know where the runway is.
Casey Diers Nah. We had the same problem with auto landing. this plane needs more speed or it drops. Needs some nose down and a flare. while the autoland does pretty good, it would have been better on a apprentice plane with bigger landing gear and wings. the nose gear on this thing is pretty flimsy. I flew the original glassair and not my first choice as a trainer.
+Casey Diers . I thought the same thing. The instruction state that the geographic location is saved when the throttle is advanced past 90%, and given at least 4 sat geomtry elevation would be noted.
Guys don't get too upset with the auto landing! the reason it landed that way is because the plane was hand launched
Yep
+Aaron S >> GREAT to know that! I'm sure not having a smooth runway didn't help.
Mark Thomas probably not but that's why it cut throttle 5 feet up because that's where it took off from so the system thought the ground was at peters head height 😂
The quality of videos has been incredible lately. Keep up the good work!
Great to see everyone out enjoying the moment and idea/footage was great too.
Taught myself to fly with gen 1 with this plane, by myself. Fantastic trainer. Landing gear is a little flimsy but have lost count of the number of times I've bent it back to shape and still serviceable. Since moved on to other aircraft but still love this little plane, has real presents in the air and is very scale like. ATB Jez
Fun episode and Mrs. Bixler should come back for more episodes in the future.
This is one of the most fantastic R/C plane technologies I have ever seen! Thanks for the video demo!
Well I think that was one of your best episodes yet. Loved the ribbon challenge!
Loved this Episode :) Nice work Mrs Bixler :P
Bought this about a week ago to teach the other half how to fly. Wow, she was flying it no problem first go. The auto land is really good, just need to give it a little up elevator just as it's about to touch down. Re calibration, I put it in cal mode then took the wing off, makes life ALOT easier. One of the hardest things is putting confidence in it to iron out the problems and landing etc....some times it goes against all what you've learned, but it's been faultless and 100% reliable. The 3 flight modes are great, expert mode gives you some quite good acro ability. Cannot recommend it enough as a beginner or just a hassle free relaxing flyer. Go for the RTF over the BNF as some of the of the options/modes etc don't work or aren't available when using some other radio's, for example you can't use intermediate mode if using the DX6i. For the sake of about an extra £20 ($30) you get the DX4 preprogrammed, clutter free and everything works. Dean. Wales, UK.
good to see more of the family. keep it up.
Very nice. You make everything look so easy and fun with RC,
Reading the manual after launching the plane :D Awesome!
Great video guys'n'gals, so good to see the whole family playing and enjoying each other's hobbies. What is Gens hobby? What will Josh have to do? Make it an episode. ( knitting? Baking?)
THis was an awesome episode thanks guys !! :D
Nice demo and description ... looks like im ready for this plane...
Was waiting ages for the intro.. but we got there :)
Nice Job! Jen . What a great plane for newbs. It is amazing what the technology can do! Great episode. Maybe do another more technical one on the plane and setup sometime.
Can't wait till Flite Fest!!!
Cool tech, much better that the old one with the 'cameras' pointing at the sky and ground. It was nice to see your wife and son, JB. You have a beautiful family. ;)
That was awesome! So much fun! Keep it up
wow! i just cant get enough! this is so amazing! a bit pricey though but im sure this is gonna catch up.I love the video!, its not just informational but its also entertaining, and each of your personalities are a good combination for this concoction. You are also the reason i got started in this hobby, i cant thank you enough.Its just proximity for me why i haven't ordered speed build kits from your online store, im afraid the shipping will be more than the item i ordered.So for now ill just stick with local hobbyshops.Im always excited and Looking forward for more of your videos to come!
galing pre
Great video y'all! Awesome to see one of the ladies who keep y'all going fly!!!!!
Sooo wish I could make flitefest this year.
As for the plane, I can't come close to according it but I think it would be worth the money to have on hand for folk's first solos.
** affording it **
Gotta love autocorrupt. I mean autocorrect.
Frank H That's a wonderful name for it! I think I'll have to steal that.
why on earth has Josh got a LiPo stuck to his arm?
cakeless coder He is a cyborg.
cakeless coder nevermind, a good use of it later in the video!
Balu HE NEEDS MORE POWER!!! BUHAHAHAHAHAH!
cakeless coder its the power-source for the cooling in his Arm-Splint
cakeless coder I'm going to guess it's the power for his goggles. It's easier to bear on your arm than your head.
Nice, I like the battery wrist strap!
I remember my first time flying. After a month or two on a simulator, I finally went out with my dad (He never took the controls, nor will he ever) to fly with my Multiplex Funman trainer. I was flying with only rudder, elevator, and throttle, without ailerons. I took off and flew quite fine, but landing was something I could not do at the age of 9. Now I can land, that I am older.
Well done guys!
Well done jen i wish i could fly as well as you unreal , p.s can you tell my wife how much fun flying is :)
You guys are awesome. These amazing videos have inspired me to get into the hobby, so thank you for all your hard work! Also, in the future I am looking into building my own plane after I get used to flying a trainer. I want to build the F-22 kit, but I was wondering if the build could handle a larger motor than the recommended motor?
Good flying jenn
Really nice video guys - back to your best. Really enjoyed it.
You guys have the best videos ever the beginning of this video was so hilarious I'm still cracking up I'm looking for someone to show this to this was amazing you guys rock for sure big ups for all your hard work do you guys have the best time ever in your videos I'm not a flyer yet I was thinking of the E flight apprentice for my first one I'm disabled in a wheelchair had a bad motorcycle wreck over a year ago and I started in the RC hobby with trucks cars I've always wanted a plane every since I can remember I will get one one day just wanted to stop by and tell you guys that you guys are the best I don't know why I have not subscribed by now but I will thanks a lot man I love your videos
I had the older one without all the GPS and safe. It was still a amazing plane
Haha. Longest intro ever. This was really good by the way. Good fun. Alex Zvada thanks for the info on the Lumenier VTX... I've been on the fence about buying one this week. I hear it's really good, but it doesn't have filtering in or out like the Immersion unit. But it is smaller. I might buy one anyway and try it out.
Hahaha that made me laugh really good. "Hear hold it and I'll read the manual"
Great vid... I enjoyed it....
Nice video and you all had a great time. BUT, I wish you would have gone through all the abilities the New Sportsman S+ has. Setting up the GPS and using Both Virtual fence ( VF ) in both Park Mode and Airfield Mode and showing how they were different and how the plane reacted to each.
Plus you showed how the plane took control and flew itself trying to go into the Holding pattern after hitting the Virtual fence, but you guys did not allow it to do it's thing completely you kept taking back control .
Otherwise a nice video, just wish you would have gone through the planes functions more.
It would be really great if you guys would do a review on the HobbyKing Breeze.
Great fun for the whole family.
Love the puppy!!
I still think the hobbyzone champ, the vapor/night vapor or the ember are one of the best starter planes and even a lot of fun for a experienced pilot.
A fantastic review! Will you guys be reviewing the new supercub s? Maybe a community review at flite fest. I've heard good things about it.
Nice vid, thanks! RTM for sure, as people are just plugging in the battery and going for it. Need to let that GPS get sats.
Great vid
Are there any trainers you can buy today that have the auto land geofencing option? Since they no longer make this model?
Josh found the best use of a cast ever
such a nice looking place
I have been flying helicopters & quads for a year now and am working on my inverted flight at the moment (yeah I have an Invertix 400 and a Nano 3D, so inverted with quads too). I have always been scared of flying planes because I fear I wont have as much contol over them as I would with my other kit. The spaces I fly are rather confined. This is a pretty cool piece of kit and might push me towards buying a plane...how tight can the geo box be?
Hello there! I'm missing the APN for a drone do you know where I could find one in New Jersey ?
Thank you!
I love your job. :-)
what is the larger quad in this video it had a cool frame
Oh my that looked fun chasing the streamers, i think i may need to get an APM 2.6 and put it on something i can chase around, would be a good job for mission mode perhaps
I like the video. I just think trainers are too much drone. I just got my first plane it's a rc fockewolfe from easy sky it's a micro warbird. it's not too bad it only has a 3xs gyro but otherwise it's you. in my opinion the best way to learn is to make mistakes and I've made plenty. I've Glenn close to 10 times and now I can do barrel rolls just from learning without anyone helping. really cool feathers but it may be crossing the line.good video keep it up flite test
Could y'all do a video on beginner edf jet ,like banana hobby's backpack jets.
That's brilliant!
RTM- read the manual. Although this says for the beginner, I have a feeling there is too much for a real casual beginner to figure out to actually do well on their own. Setting up geo-fencing - really? Getting through the manual and having confidence that you are doing things right, maybe with the Horizon Hobbies video ( I haven't watched it.)
For a determined beginner? Yes. But a real determined beginner could fly the FT Simple Trainer, too. Or, something even more challenging. So, I think this plane is like a Guillows balsa model. It looks small, but the challenge is that it is small. It isn't a beginner's model. It takes experience to build something that small and have it fly. I was thinking that this plane will be bought by tons of experienced flyers figuring out whether it is really a beginner's model, not bought by the beginners themselves : ) Bunches of experienced RC guys on Sat a.m. at clubs around the world arguing its merits and detriments.
Peter Gregory Not at all over on RC groups an absolute beginner who has never flown is now enjoying this Plane....and doing it on their own......This is for an absolute beginner, the only real need is a larger area to do it in.
Peter Gregory geo-fencing? do i need to keep the geos out by building a fence? Or do they come armed with swords?
I believe the guy on the Horizon video said that the settings take effect as soon as 90% or more throttle is used. Also it can be set for a park area where it will fly around you or an airfield where it will fly a rectangular pattern and come back to the runway that it took off from. During setup the wings are placed parallel to the runway so it knows which way the runway faces. For someone who is learning they should rehearse the various steps of setup until they are familiar with it. Perhaps with a small model so they can practice inside before going to the field. I plan on flying the HobbyZone Sport Cub S and using that as a trainer first and then moving up to this plane. Considering how much I paid for a Parrot AR Drone 2 some time ago, the price for this plane and what it can do still makes it a bargain for the price which is a lot higher here in Australia. Someone mentioned that the nose wheel isn't very strong. That is the case for most tricycle undercarriage, even for full size aircraft. Great review guys. Keep them coming.
Can you add a buddybox with it and still use the o-crap switch?
How is the geo fence set? GPS enabled TX?
Bro whats the right plane for my ten year old? The super cub is a bit much, i want some of these new features like the perimeter and auto level that really works. I want enough wing that it will fly slow and mild not just fast with a bad ass computer. Is the Champ S+ too small? How about the UMX Waco? I like the small size but fear that will translate to high stall speeds as well.
I think Mrs Bixler is ready for the next version of this plane. The Carbon Cub S+
When is the rail system going to go up on the store?
great one guys and gals :)
Hi guys, I liked the video and am a scrubber and I am not sure whether to buy the E-FLITE APPRENTICE S 15E or the hobbiezone sportsman s+. It would mean a lot to me if u could tell me which one to buy. I only own a really small $50 RC plane and I am just starting out so I would greatly appreciate some help with this.
Awesome!
Do you have to calibrate it everytime you fly?
You guys should drop a micro rc glider from a high altitude quadcopter.
A real leap forward in R/C technology!
wow cool
Funniest part:
"Where's it going?"
"It's not responding anymore!"
"Here....YOU take the airplane, I'ma read the manual."
Alex: "Please don't hit me!" Hahahaha those lumineer quads are quite expensive! Lol
Any one got this? What do you think of it? Is it really a first time flyers plane do you think? Or should I be crashing something cheaper first?
luv you guys.your sick
When I saw the battery strapped to your arm I though Peter had turned your cast into some kind or robo cast ;)
Cool I love it
What's the difference between the Sportsman S+ and something like a Super Cub, or Champ S+? Is the Sportsman bigger, and made of balsa wood?
Does Josh's Cast need a Lipo battery to work?
At my club we got this as a trainer. I was the one reading the manual while the other person was flying. I couldn't read it fast enough! Awesome plane but you gotta read the manual
the Havoc 360 was the spot light
great vid but can you guys reveiw hobbyzone conscendo s
5:21 would like to know more about their cam quad
Like the quad at 9:10
that battery holder you have on your arm is awesome you should sell those on the store:) JK great episode I really enjoined it
what do you use for streamers and where do you get them?
kreynolds8088 it's marking tape you can get it at hardware stores in any colour they call it tape but there's no sticky side they use it for marking trees that need to be cut down by tying on a ribbon
Only one thing though, the red streamer should have been on the left wing to follow wing light conventions, great invention this flight assist tech is, just hope price comes down to more reasonable.
What kind of streamers do you use?
I'm trying to buy my first rc plane for somewhere around $100. I was looking and came across a plane called the Volantex trainstar exchange, and was wondering if you could do a review on that. I you could, that would be amazing and I would appreciate it very much.
whar is the time flight of the sportsman?
Can someone please tell me the race of that adoreable puppy? Great vid ofcourse, thanks!
more episodes with Jen! ;)
What would you guys recommend this or the E-Flite S 15 e for a first plane for someone?
+Chuck I have the E-flite and is way more fun then this i would say, whats the point of a auto pilot plane ?? maybe if you are really beginner but you see the point, rather take the risk crashing it then the plane flying itself. I had it for long now and i think it took like 5 big crashes, one of them flying full speed in a tree. So maybe flown like 80+ batteries with it now, you should consider it!
I also have the Apprentice, and I think I would shy away from something that's so automated you don't need to be there. The Apprentice in beginner mode is super easy to land. Get it pointed in the right direction, and adjust throttle for your glide, just like you learned, and it's painless. Moreover, you're always in control, if only as much as a beginner should be. Once you learn the basic feel of it, you can switch out of beginner mode and try it. That's how you're going to learn anyway, not just holding a panic button for 3 seconds and hoping the computer does it right.
The only difference here is that the Apprentice doesn't geo-fence, and has no compass, so fully automated flight it cannot do. But that's the point of learning. I'm self taught with the Apprentice - no buddy box, no instructor (other than the two Josh's at FliteTest), and I LOVE what *I* can do with the airplane. And if I get in trouble, it saves me, but I don't have a leash any more than I need to have.
Apprentice has better wheels for the hits it'll take too, and it's $100 less! You'll only use the GPS until you get used to flying - about an hour of flight time. After that, it's an extra $100 wasted IMO.
what drone do you use
How far is the boundaries zones? I look on there web page it just said a circle or a rectangle. 100? 200 yards?
Anyone know?
+Juno Mac RC You can choose between two Virtual Fence modes: Park which gives you a
200 m radius around the pilot and Airfield with a 400 x 200 m flying
perimeter and a no fly zone directly behind the pilot. You can also
disable GPS. It's shown in the manual on page 16: www.horizonhobby.com/pdf/HBZ8400-Manual_EN.pdf
Off-topic but who scores these videos? Also great video
That's funny. While it's flying you can go to the restroom and take a break.LOL