Horizon Hobby is hosting their
2022 RC Foam Planes Frenzy Sale (various planes) and offering
up to $150 Off w/ coupon code
FRENZY (
apply at checkout).
Shipping is free on orders $99 or more.
Thanks to community member
buntygopal for finding this deal
Note, must apply the listed coupon code to receive discount at checkout
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- This promotion cannot be adjusted from previous purchases
- Offer valid through April 17, 2022 or while promotional offer last
Additional Notes- Promotional pricing/offer may be similar priced at related RC foam plane sites
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Out of all the planes offered, the AeroScout is the only one that is RTF (Ready to Fly). Which means it comes with everything you need; Plane, Battery, Charger and Transmitter. This is the only one I would recommend to a complete beginner to the hobby.
https://www.horizonhobb
The Sport Cub S 2 BNF Basic with SAFE is a great plane for beginners, but this is the BNF (Bind and Fly) version, so you will need to already have a controller and charger to operate it.
P.S. The small planes are great because you can go fly at a park or soccer field, which is very convenient and beneficial when trying to learn. However, when you go fly, make sure it is a dead calm day with no wind. These small planes can get pushed around a lot, even in a small breeze.
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If you want something durable and a great beginner plane, the full-size AeroScout is a great plane. It has SAFE (an auto-level feature which prevents you from accidentally getting the plane upside down and stuff) and it is a "pusher" style plane, which means the motor is in the back. So, even if you slam this thing into the ground nose-first, you can usually keep flying because the important bits were in the back.
https://www.horizonhobb
The Micro AeroScout (on sale) is a good plane, but must be flown in nearly dead-calm wind conditions. This larger AeroScout (linked above) will handle a bit more wind and be more stable. But because it is larger, it is more prone to breaking if you crash.
Of course, no plane is indestructible. If you have a bad enough crash, you may need to replace the fuselage or repair it. Repairing foam is very easy to do with some hot water and gorilla glue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?tim...e=e
But of the beginner planes on horizon hobby with the SAFE system will be very easy to fly. The regular 3 channel radian is a classic.
https://www.horizonhobb
rc-plans.com has a couple planes that print quite nicely. I did the Epsilon (now called the Model A) using some knock-off LW-PLA from Amazon and achieved AMAZING results. (It's somewhat foamy like LW-PLA, but not nearly as difficult to print with as true LW-PLA.)
If you want to get into RC, I suggest small foamie park-flyers. Get some foam, cut it out, install some electronics, and go trash it. You can make them modular if you want, so any damaged pieces are easily replaced.
And get an X9D with External Xmitter and you can fly pretty much everything.
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I've had one of those for 2 years, absolutely love flying it.
My friend and I have gotten so used to playing it, we've become quite careless, we've literally had a mid-air, foam flying everywhere, hot glued them back together, back flying a few minutes later they're almost indestructible.
The gyro lets you even fly in high wind crazy.
I used to build these out of balsa wood, never again
Out of all the planes offered, the AeroScout is the only one that is RTF (Ready to Fly). Which means it comes with everything you need; Plane, Battery, Charger and Transmitter. This is the only one I would recommend to a complete beginner to the hobby.
https://www.horizonhobb
The Sport Cub S 2 BNF Basic with SAFE is a great plane for beginners, but this is the BNF (Bind and Fly) version, so you will need to already have a controller and charger to operate it.
P.S. The small planes are great because you can go fly at a park or soccer field, which is very convenient and beneficial when trying to learn. However, when you go fly, make sure it is a dead calm day with no wind. These small planes can get pushed around a lot, even in a small breeze.
Out of all the planes offered, the AeroScout is the only one that is RTF (Ready to Fly). Which means it comes with everything you need; Plane, Battery, Charger and Transmitter. This is the only one I would recommend to a complete beginner to the hobby.
https://www.horizonhobb
The Sport Cub S 2 BNF Basic with SAFE is a great plane for beginners, but this is the BNF (Bind and Fly) version, so you will need to already have a controller and charger to operate it.
P.S. The small planes are great because you can go fly at a park or soccer field, which is very convenient and beneficial when trying to learn. However, when you go fly, make sure it is a dead calm day with no wind. These small planes can get pushed around a lot, even in a small breeze.
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Here you are on the ground trying to maneuver the aircraft left and right. Sometimes the controls reverse and we have to adjust our reaction or logic to follow the airplane fpv perspective.
FPV has a cockpit view. RC models have a 3rd party view.
Once you get the hang of it, it is wonderful and entertaining.
The RC Simulator is a must before flying a model. It saves a lot of money and dissapointments.
I'm a drone, RC airplane model, and rocket enthusiast.
All wonderful.