H-King AXN (PNF) Floater Jet 1280mm (50.4")

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Looks okay time will tell

Feb 25, 2021

It's unfortunate that I have not been able to fly this plane yet. I have it put together but old man winter is not being kind enough to let me out to play with my toys. Quality seems okay but as my title says...Time will tell...My ratings are based solely on out of the box appearance and ease of assembly.

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nice airplane

Feb 06, 2021

went together nicely, flies well. you need to keep the speed up to keep it from stalling.
biggest issue is that there are no parts available if you crash, which i did. been sitting on the shelf for some time now.

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Not easy to fly

Feb 01, 2021

Different from the popular idea, I think this plane is very difficult to fly. The turning characteristics are very strange. It feels like controlling a sheet of paper floating in the air. As mentioned by others, the motor is very weak. It easily gets blown away even in wind <15km/h. The ESC plugs were not secured by heatshrink tubings. Once they disconnect after a crash, there's no way to plug them back unless you cut the fuselage open. The construction quality is not high. Purely foam no plywood support etc. Get something else.

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One of the three motor plugs were not plugged in.

Dec 27, 2020

I had to plug one of the three motor plugs in and it was almost impossible to get to, I had to burn an extra hole in the body of the plane to reach the plug. Other than that for the price of the plane it is an amazing plane to fly.

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motor is very under powerd

Nov 29, 2020

poor quality servos. weak motor and servos. Not for beginners
very difficult to balance. Very Unhappy.

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received damaged

Nov 29, 2020

Received in damaged condition & ESC bad

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Love it

Oct 03, 2020

I've been flying this for a couple months now. First time ever flying a 4 channel plane (I'm a newbie). I got this on sale for $64 and it was a fantastic buy. I've crashed it badly 5 times now, and each time it was easily repairable. Easy to learn, and although the pusher prop gives worse performance than a standard tractor prop, the fact that the prop is in the back means is safe even in bad crashes. Highly, highly recommend if you are a beginner like me.
Things to know: 1) be careful hand launching with full power. Throw the plane up at a 45 degree angle. Because the thrust line is well above the fuselage, the plane has a tendency to nose down, and you want to have time to recover from that. 2) The ESC connection to the motor is buried deep in the fuselage, and you can't access it without cutting the fuselage open and using needle nose pliers. This is a pain because if you nose into the ground, there is a good chance that you will disconnect the ESC from the motor, and then you're in for doing major surgery on the plane. This is my one complaint with the design of the plane.
Dumb (fun) stuff I've tried: 1) I added some servos under the wings and made bomb release hardpoints. Now I can fly with and drop little foam footballs, which is a lot of fun. If you do something like this, you can drop almost anything you want so long as your projectiles aren't too heavy. 2) While I am in no way skilled, the plane is at least capable of some light aerobatics. I've done wingovers, inverted flight, stalls, loops, barrel rolls, and spirals all while being a relatively incompetent pilot. So long as you have enough altitude, the plane will recover itself from any situation you put it in. 3) I strapped a GoPro 8 to the top of the plane and it flew okay and gave me some good footage. With that much weight though, it does fly very fast compared to normal flying, and the plane will stall at much faster speeds. Landing is a challenge if you put a lot of weight on the plane. 4) If you have short grass, the plane will do a ground takeoff by just sliding along the grass on it's belly until it gets up enough speed to take off. Fun trick, benefits of the pusher prop.
All in all, crazy fun plane for a beginner. Highly recommend.

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Sep 27, 2020

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great plane

Sep 27, 2020

good beginner plane

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Great plane for the money, windy flyer

Sep 27, 2020

This design has been around for years as everyone knows. Xjet made it famous. I am not a beginner, these are my opinions to improve it a little. Horizontal stabilizer can use a carbon rod, small elevator, not enough authority, and too flexible, carbon rod and larger surface area. When launching, these type of design, as everyone one has experienced tend to dive if not thrown right with just enough throttle, so it’s elevator authority is important to correct. I substituted the flimsy foam with a larger balsa elevator attached with hinges. Looks great and no resistance like with foam hinging. Easy to do, and worth the effort. Next are the wings. When new good fit, after some use, or contact with ground the fit is looser. I used magnets on opposite sides of the locking foam junction to help. Of course you can glue them together, but I wouldn’t recommend it, everyone makes mistakes so when you have a bad landing or crash the wings easily come apart with little damage, and that’s the beauty of this design. You can also use some tape between wings to keep them from spreading apart in flight, I haven’t experienced that yet. The motor is great, the plane has a slick look to it, the canopy enhances the look, could use a better magnet attachment set up for stronger hold. For the money, can’t beat it , I love the look of this plane better than the Bixler series, with some small modifications that one can do it’s a definite buy!!! Or not it, fly it stock, thumps up!! Go to Xjets YouTube, he has the older models from years ago, great info!