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4.5
This plane is an overall disappointment, although there are some things that are good, but they don't outweigh the bad for the most part.Pros* Relatively inexpensive (but so are many other similar planes)* Exceptionally durable and almost unbreakable after several crashes (except for the landing gear)* Excellent engineering for beginners--nothing is exposed, including control rods, servos, linkages, etc.* Excellent design for beginners when crashing (lightly) or landing hard. The control surfaces just snap back in place if they pop off. Very clever! The landing gear is supposed to do the same but I found if you land hard the gear will just rip off of the foam.* In no-wind or almost no-wind conditions, it actually flies fairly well in the Sport mode.* With a fully charged battery, it has at least a 1:1 lift/drag ratio which means you can almost do a 3D hover.Cons* Very unstable flying characteristics in "Normal" mode. This is because the 6-axis gyro is virtually useless. The elevator control when using the gyro is so sensitive, the plane "porpoises" up and down constantly at full power on its own.* The gyro is also far to "controlling" and at times makes the flyer feel like they have absolutely no control.* Plane flies very fast. This is NOT a slow flyer and is NOT a beginner airplane in my opinion and I've been flying on and off for 40 years.* The only way to fly it is in "Sport" mode, where the gyro is turned off. In this mode though I had to trim the elevator a bit and the aileron to make it fly more stably.* The plane seems to be tail heavy. I had to add 1/2 oz. of nose weight to help it fly better.* The transmitter is a toy and has very poor gimbals. There are also no trim buttons so there is no way to trim out your plane. This is especially a problem because this plane has no physical control horns exposed that can be adjusted.Overall, not worth the money in my opinion. I was hoping to refresh my aerobatics with this plane, but the plane is too unstable and inaccurate to fly precision aerobatics. I would have been better off just buying a simple sport style plane that flew more stably and slower for relaxing flights. You can't take your eye or mind off of this plane for even one second, because of it's erratic flying. It's also hyper-sensitive to wind and gusts. Even winds as low as averaging 5 MPH are too much for this plane especially if there are gusts to 7 or 8 MPH.wings needed to be glued on.Simple to assemble and get ready for flight. Instructions are sparse, but adequate if you have a little experience. There is one flight issue that I don't care for and that is programmed elevator to throttle mix. When you give the plane throttle, you will automatically get considerable up elevator. You can counter this on takeoff by applying a little down elevator to get the tail up. I had a minor impact on landing the very first time I flew the plan. didn't observe any damage, not even cosmetic. Plugged in all the parts and noticed that the left side aileron horn that inserts into a pocket on the left wing was not fully seated. I cant find any reason for this and don't know if it was like that when I unboxed it or if the impact caused the misalignment. I used a loop of tape around the horn and on the top and bottom surface of the aileron. Later I removed the tape and put a little material to wedge the front of the wing away from the fuselage which forced the back of the wing closer so the horn was fully inserted into the aileron pocket. This turned out to be a bad idea. Two flights later, the control horn apparently became disengaged shortly after takeoff. The gyro control cannot properly respond to the missing control on one wing and the plane went totally out of control. Had only time to chop the throttle. All the pieces went back together, but the control horn was again barely engaged. If you buy one, inspect the aileron control horns for complete insertion into the aileron pockets. This may be a manufacturing issue.One wing would not snap in correctly, but could not see shipping back because of this so used a little glue on wing and now flies greatIt flys great but its fast and can get away from you in a hurry. The more you fly it the better it getsThis was a super easy plane to set up and fly. Its my first one. I thought I would be really good being I have my real pilot license but I really should have tried it out away from trees! it goes a lot faster than I realized and didn't turn as tight as I thought it would. I went through both spare propeller screws in about 30 minutes and had to order replacements. Overall the third time I flew it I was doing really great until I flew into a tree that I thought I was clear of and lost the nosecone and last screw. So if you get it go ahead and get a spare nose cone and make a plan to go to an open field to fly.Saw this recommended on a YouTube channel as great for beginners. It has some great qualities, but sadly, some significant problems. The screw to hold the prop on does not seem to catch well. We lost one propellr quickly and replaced it with the spare. The prop again flew off and the screw was nowhere to be seen again. I used some bubble gum to hold the prop on, which worked long enough to get a few short flights in.Additionally, the main wheels came bent at different angles from each other causing the plane to sit in a 5 or 10 degree bank while on the ground. One of the wheels broke off the strut during some taxi practice. Not what you would expect from a plane great for beginners.Finally, the elevator control stopped working reliably after about 10 minutes. We were somewhat able to control pitch with power, but not a great plane for beginners by any stretch of the imagination.I'm not a big rc guy yet, but I have 36 years of general, military, and commercial aviation experience, so I'm not unfamiliar with how it should work. Overall, it seems like it would be fairly easy to fly and learn on if it didn't have some pretty obvious design and quality issues.No agrado para nada de que uno compre un producto y venga sin batería me
