HobbyKing® ™ Mini Saturn F3A 3D EPO Airplane w/Motor 580mm (ARF)

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Jan 14, 2016

I have rarely seen such a good building instructions. The photos are great, the description brief and clearly understandable. The quality of the parts delivered is top class and the price / performance ratio is also very good

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Oct 05, 2015

It is very good product. Quality is perfect.
But... take care. This aircraft is very small and not for beginner pilot. You can't fly with this aircraft if more than light wind.

Do not hesitate to take a spare propeller.

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Aug 22, 2014

Have had this plane over a year now. It's been a beast.
Pros-Great price, fun to fly, and durable. Cons-the kit comes with string for the controls. I used some carbon fiber for control rods. I'm not sure I could have gotten the string tight enough to work well.
Buy plenty of propellers, I broke one almost every outing.
Other than that great kit. I would not recommend this kit to a beginner the plane has huge control surfaces and is really touchy.

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Aug 20, 2014

This plane is lowcost and it fly very good if you know control but it's difficult to make and I have break the undercarriage in the firt crash...
For exemple I have use 3 or 4 hours to make this planes ! But if you take the PNF i think it's more easy .

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Nov 04, 2013

Construction Pros: Fairly solid construction. Carbon fiber spars throughout.
Construction Cons: Had to drill prop that came with kit to fit motor shaft. Kit uses string to control rudder. String is hard to set.
Maiden:Stiff steady breeze. (I know not my best idea ever and not recommended.) Flew over grass. I slammed it full speed into the ground and tweaked the body. The carbon fiber spars saved the frame. One spar broke. Nothing a little epoxy won't fix.
Flight Pros: Great response, solid platform. Loved the snappy contols. Able to harrier well in the stiff breeze. I did not try more 3D with the breeze.
Flight Cons: None that I have noticed yet.
Tips: Buy extra props. Lose the string on the rudder and install a carbon fiber rod. I used .05mm. Also, this is probably understood, but research your connectors for the servos and receiver. I ordered the recommended servos which had the 1.25 Molex(JST) connector. The micro receiver I orderd used 1.00mm. (I ended up just soldering the standard receiver connectors and using one of my other orange receivers.)
Battery: I used some Turnigy 200 mah 2s and the flight time was about 3 min. I have some 300 mah but hadn't taken the time to cut the frame out to fit them.
Overall would give it a 5 if it had a carbon fiber rod for the rudder.
This is not a beginner kit, but not super hard either. I would recommend this for anybody

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Oct 20, 2013

Very pleased with the quality well packaged no damage and all the parts there. One thing that had me stumped was the vile string pulley system to operate the rudder. I didnt bother with it and made a carbon rob with some wire with a z bend in looks much better and alot stronger too. Flys great !!!