HobbyKing® ™ MXS EPP/Light Plywood 3D Aerobatic Plane 1220mm (ARF)

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May 17, 2015

The plane flies incredible! With this configuration flies six minutes combining 3D and pattern maneuvers...

Motor: Turnigy Aerodrive SK3 - 3548-840kv-
ESC: Hobbyking YEP 60A (2~6S) SBEC Brushless Speed Controller-
Servos: TGY-211DMH Metal gear Coreless Digital Servo w/ Heat Sink 2.3kg / .10sec / 16g-
Battery: ZIPPY Compact 2200mAh 4s 40c Lipo Pack-
Prop: APC Style Propeller 14x7-
Spinner: Turnigy Turbo Spinner (57mm) Black-
Radio RX: FrSky Delta 8 2.4Ghz 8CH Multi-Brand Receiver D8/V8

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Oct 29, 2014

Love the plane. Does well 3d and aerobatic flight... Build is easy and straight forward. Heres a clip of me flying :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9KrMTKtn2E

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Oct 24, 2014

Let start with, it's an awesome plane. Flies just like balsa plane, but if you 3D low and wreck, no covering tears or fiberglass cowl won't brake either.
Say you flying inverted Harrier and try to drag a rudder, but you wreck instead :-) oops, no repairs necessary.
Setup: HS 65MG all around, motor and 50 amp ESC is from dynam sbach, you can buy combo at graysonhobby for $50.
4S 2600-3000 mah works perfect, 6-8 mins flying 3D.

Does everything well except poptop, you get about 3/4 of a pop top, I guess it's too light.

But like previous comment says, if you crash a lot, that's not the plane for you.
One more suggestions, treated as any other balsa plane, go over all joints with thin CA and you'll be fine.

Good luck

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Aug 25, 2014

This plane flies all 3D program easy.

This plane comes with pull-pull rudder ( Don't tighten those wires to tight when mount.)
Add some extra glue at all motor mount brackets and joints when mount.

My setup for greater 3D Power :
Motor : SK3-3548-840 .... 4 x Servo TGY-2216MG ... Lipo N2650.4S.35 .... Speed Controller TST-SBEC70A .... Prop 12x6.5 E ...... This setup works great for Me !

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Feb 23, 2014

First time posting a review, so here goes...lol

Plane arrived well boxed and no damages. Instructions were easy to follow and the build for me was around 3 hours ( I'm not the fastest builder ). Setup that I am using is:

Turnigy Plush 60
Turnigy Areodirve SK3 -3542 - 1000kv
APC 13 x 6.5 prop
Corona 929MG servos.

Before installing the motor cage, run some CA all around it, just to reinforce it before attaching it to the fuselage.

Maiden was good, only needed a couple of clicks and it was good to go. COG in the manual was okay, but I think in this type of plane its all down to the pilots preference.

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Dec 30, 2013

The plane is excellent quality and extremely light. Everything is going together nicely although a bit of trimming will be needed on the carbon trailing edge stiffeners. total build time shouldnt be longer than 3 hrs if youre as meticulous as i am. The cowl should have been reinforced with the balsa ply as well and it feels like you could kiss it goodbye on a nose landing. massive control surfaces should provide great authority for complex 3D. servo extensions and control horns are made of strong, rigid plastic and dont feel cheap. the pull-pull wire is actually steel cable and NOT string or nylon which is great. im ordering the internals monday and maidening saturday. motor mount is for a 3548 or a 3542 but you will have to use the provided shims. Im going with a 3548 1050kv 3-4s motor. ill post a flight review after the maiden.