EasyStar RTF Electric Parkflyer

This is a very good beginner plane and I used it to teach myself to fly RC planes. However, if you can get some help for your first flights you will save yourself a lot of aggravation. Alternatively, a flight simulator would help too I think, especially developing the instinct to reverse right and left as the plane flies towards you. I crashed and repaired mine more times than I can count and was on my third Easy Star before I felt comfortable flying it. (I had a series spectacular crashes that built one upon the other until my first plane plane was more than 30% glue). My biggest problem was overcorrection. This is great example of less is more...slow down your control inputs--this plane can fly itself if you give it half a chance. In the end I taught myself to fly with it, with no outside help, but getting help from another pilot has got to be 100 times easier. Do yourself a favor starting out, fly only in the morning or evening when there is no wind. Many years later, I still have an Easy Star that I "hopped up" with a brushless motor and LiPo battery that will fly for 30 minutes without lift. Its a great relaxing plane to fly and thermals nicely. With a little luck, you will outgrow the stock motor and battery quickly.

My first thought when flying this plane is that it may be a little underpowered. While it does do loops and can climb alright, when it hit much wind resistance, it slowed to a crawl. It isn't the most stable airplane in a lot of wind, but it is great for learning. Its slow and the flight characteristics of it make it easy to figure out how this whole r/c thing works. Make sure you don't try any crazy turns or such when you are low to the ground or you will pay. It is too slow and underpowered to recover in time. Needs bigger control surfaces in my opinion. It doesn't seem to do what you want when it is battling wind. Overall, great learner plane, easily repaired, really self explanatory. Get it.

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It is really a very pleasant plane. Can fly it anywhere, school yard or football playground.

Here you have a kit with skimpy instructions. Many key steps were not adequately explained for a beginner. Several of the steps, like the wiring of the motor to ensure proper rotational direction, and prop direction, were not clear. My grandson, who is an experienced ARF builder, needed help with this one.
Let's look at design: A wing like the Easy Star, with a small amount of the surface area represented by the upswept tips, and no dihedral for the main foil sections, will not self level when a beginner lets go of the controls. This is exacerbated by the shoulder wing, as opposed to high wing, design. This is why you read the plane is so durable. Beginners get to test the durability because they are crashing so frequently. It will spin right in if you are not careful when landing.
Now the rudder. Check any of the threads on the internet sites. The rudder is woefully inadequate and lacks the authority to turn the plane when beginners get it heading downwind in a moderate breeze. You can just cut it off and toss it. make a new one, same shape, twice the size, out of 3/16 balsa. Cut the vertical stab all the way to the tip. Then hinge with CA hinges. This will fix a lot of issues.
Two other really annoying habits this plane has that are bad for beginners. One, it pulls right under power. that is not easily fixed, as the motor is not in the front, so you cannot just change the thrust line. Same issue for the plane climbing excessively under power. This also cannot be fixed with thrust line changes due to motor location.

As for construction, the motor mounting is flimsy and needs internal balsa reinforcement or vibration will quickly develop. The stock prop and the little plastic hub are junk. Even with good epoxy, not five minute, like the plan calls for, you will have an issue keeping the hub fixed to the prop. If you have this plane, get a good 2.3mm collet adapter and a good APC 5.5x4.5 prop. Not a pusher, either. then put the prop on facing forward, not backward. Motor direction should be clockwise when the plane is facing away from you and you are looking directly at the motor. With a 2S TP 2100 Lipo, we you will get a sustained 90 watts with this setup. That will fly the plane. The stock setup, with the NIMH batteries, and the stock hub and prop, is inadequate to power this size aircraft.
I could go on.
Beginners! Do yourselves a big favor. Get a high wing trainer of decent size, say 40-62", with lots of dihedral. Made out of balsa and ply. From a reputable firm. Get some help setting it up and flying it. Get a brushless motor and LIPO batteries. Then, you will not be crashing it all the time. There is no reason for someone to have to crash all the time to learn to fly. And get a good simulator and use it. Nuff said.