“This thing has the weirdest setup I've ever seen! Two servo's control both the 'ailerons' and the 'elevators'. You set up your transmitter as you would a delta wing. The result of this is that when you go up elevator the aircraft pitches up, but it DECREASES the angle of attack, so the thing kind of mushes, until stable in a climb. Of course the opposite happens with a decent. The roll is really fast though! It's a weird flying airplane, but looks SO cool in the air. For 100 bones it's well worth it. I fly it fine without a gyro. I've landed it on grass which it handles fine, and I used the wheels (which I used screws to hold in place because I wanted the removable) and it fly's fine with both.”
“Very nice looking jet! I would rather that the wing was attached with screws so you could easily service the servos if necessary. It flys reasonably well, but could use a more powerful motor as it has trouble completing a loop. It also eats up a battery pretty quickly. A twelve vane fan set up would be a plus in my opinion. Great jet for the price! Not for beginners or people with poor eyesight.”
“I had to give this plane only 3 stars because I feel it's way underpowered. It should have been a 4S system with an 11 blade fan. The specs say it generates 750 grams of thrust but with a good 35C battery at full charge I could only see about 500 grams of thrust. I know some others have said theirs was really fast but mine is very sluggish. Part of that is my setup which is heavier than most. I've added led strips for night flying, a Turnigy receiver controlled switch (about 20 grams), clear packing tape around the intake, along the bottom, and along the leading edge of the wings. Plus I'm flying with two different batteries: a 120 gram 1550 35C, and a 169 gram 2200 35C. With the 2200 battery my flying weight is 650 grams. The specs say 480 grams. But the specs also say 750 grams of thrust. I've put an eflite watt meter on the plane and measured 345 watts at 31 amps so it's getting all the juice it needs. One other problem was that during setup with my transmitter the motor wouldn't work until I used the subtrim function to trim it down to 10% below the zero setting. Weird. I had to ask a Motion rep how to get it to work. The manual said nothing about setting it up so that's another thing that should be improved. The manual should also say something about setting it up as if it had elevons.I've had 4 flights experimenting with the different batteries and with and without the lights on. (The lights suck up a couple of amps.) Of course it flew best with the lightest battery and with the lights off. But at best it was still a little sluggish. It flies well though as long as you keep it at full throttle and keep your altitude up. It's stable and didn't need much trim. And with the clear packing tape it lands well on grass. And it's only $98. But I would like to see a 4S, 11 blade fan option for the plane.”
“As with most EDF's, the fan doesn't put out the required thrust... no matter what battery you use. The ground run is 350' plus. Hand launching is virtually impossible. Once on ‘step', it's flyable. I've been with MotionRC for over 5 years and in the hobby for 35 years. Buy spare parts, you're going to need them.”
“Great looking (at the moment), not had the weather or the 'Kahunas' to maiden yet but based on reports read & viewed regarding orientation, coupled with my dodgy vision, I suspect I shall be ordering another any time soon!!”
