do you think the one with the prop going the other way is the better beginner one that looks almost identical to this one, or would you recommend this one?
wow, thanks for the review. i read a bad review on hobby-king. I will be staying away from this like the plague. You need to take reviews with a grain of salt however, your mileage may vary. Here's the review I read: Flies Well Sep 28, 2019 Was expecting a high quality plane at this price. But unfortunately this assumption proved to be wrong. Out of the box the following problems: - Battery compartment magnet had only a tiny amount of glue and broke off the first time the lid was opened. - Both aileron push rods were too short. It hung by only approximately 2mm thread and would definitely not hold in flight, so had to replace with longer rods. - One aileron servo lead was too short and had to put in extension lead to reach the Y cable. - All four of the wings' mounting holes (two for each wing) did not align with the screw thread in the fuselage and the holes had to filed out to align. The end result is of course the wings does not properly align with fuselage. It really looks like a crappy cheap plane with all the misaligned sections. - Stickers (decals) does not properly stick and keeps lifting in various places. - Front wheel shaft does not have a flat edge for the retaining grub screw so it does not remain aligned. Had to file out a flat edge to keep it aligned. - Stickers in cockpit not aligned and also lifting. - Various compression and other marks on the EPO. General finishing of the EPO is poor. - Front wheel has a lot of backwards movement, but NOT due to the spring in the shaft (the spring does nothing at all in my opinion as it is too stiff). The movement is due to compression of the EPO where the shaft mounts to the firewall. I can see that this will break the first time you have a bad landing. On the positive side, all electronics worked out of the box and the plane flies really well. Very stable and easy to handle, even in windy conditions. Did not test it with floats yet, so can't comment on that. Landing is fairly easy as it seems the stall speed is quite low and the huge elevator allows for adequate flare (round out) at this slow speed. Overall an enjoyable plane to fly, but way too expensive for the poor built quality.
That cockpit is begging for a FPV setup in it! Very nice looking plane!
Smart looking plane. I think these smaller RC models really are the way forward now. Cheap enough to buy and so much easier to store & transport.
This plane really flies good, very gentle. Can cruise slow and fast enough. I recommend it. Hobbyking you got a good one.keep up the good work.
Well done hobbyking as always. Just having fun RC'n with friends and family.
This and that new Cessna look pretty awesome!
looks like a nice plane! And yes.. it does need at least a pilot figure :)
love this little beast , i think would be great on Floats too
Excellent Piloting of that Flight Demo. The Plane looks like a Cruiser and flies like a Sport Plane ;-) See you in the Air!
Nice plane fellas. Unique look. 👍
Really nice looking plane and performance looks great. I bet a couple G.I. Joes will fit perfect in that canopy too...
A real American hero! Lol
Robert Petrincic brought me here. 🖐😁👍
It needs a pilot in those empty seats!
Dang, no water footage?
do you think the one with the prop going the other way is the better beginner one that looks almost identical to this one, or would you recommend this one?
Has this got a reversible esc?
What ever happened to the team in New York area in the US?
Nice looking static model, again, where's the pilot?
Doesn’t it come with a transmitter in the box?
Would be fun if you could bring a sundowner in balsa arf or epo
Or a plane like the flyzone millenium master
Would have been helpful to see it perform on floats - that's what I opened the video to see.
What type of esc plug? Xt60.?
I bought 1 at Xmas. It has xt60
And I love rc planes
First !!!
wow, thanks for the review. i read a bad review on hobby-king. I will be staying away from this like the plague. You need to take reviews with a grain of salt however, your mileage may vary.
Here's the review I read: Flies Well
Sep 28, 2019
Was expecting a high quality plane at this price. But unfortunately this assumption proved to be wrong. Out of the box the following problems:
- Battery compartment magnet had only a tiny amount of glue and broke off the first time the lid was opened.
- Both aileron push rods were too short. It hung by only approximately 2mm thread and would definitely not hold in flight, so had to replace with longer rods.
- One aileron servo lead was too short and had to put in extension lead to reach the Y cable.
- All four of the wings' mounting holes (two for each wing) did not align with the screw thread in the fuselage and the holes had to filed out to align. The end result is of course the wings does not properly align with fuselage. It really looks like a crappy cheap plane with all the misaligned sections.
- Stickers (decals) does not properly stick and keeps lifting in various places.
- Front wheel shaft does not have a flat edge for the retaining grub screw so it does not remain aligned. Had to file out a flat edge to keep it aligned.
- Stickers in cockpit not aligned and also lifting.
- Various compression and other marks on the EPO. General finishing of the EPO is poor.
- Front wheel has a lot of backwards movement, but NOT due to the spring in the shaft (the spring does nothing at all in my opinion as it is too stiff). The movement is due to compression of the EPO where the shaft mounts to the firewall. I can see that this will break the first time you have a bad landing.
On the positive side, all electronics worked out of the box and the plane flies really well. Very stable and easy to handle, even in windy conditions. Did not test it with floats yet, so can't comment on that. Landing is fairly easy as it seems the stall speed is quite low and the huge elevator allows for adequate flare (round out) at this slow speed. Overall an enjoyable plane to fly, but way too expensive for the poor built quality.
Brothers and sisters of hobby king can u please give the rc plane give away
I can't afford it
What are you unable to afford?
A standard size rc plane