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elways07

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I HATE YOU!!!!! :( Why do we keep coming back to these forums when they cost us so much money, lol! Pretty soon I'm gonna be living in a box, but at least I'll have my RC airplane!
 
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RDMustang1

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Don't forget the $5 off $25 coupon that can be found...

Total comes to $51.50 after tax and coupon for me.... I'm still debating.. I know this isn't a hobby quality airplane but I may get $50 worth of fun out of it... I'm not sure, would like to hear anybody else's opinion :)
 
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iwearnosox

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It's $50. When this winds up scrunched by an 18 wheeler a week after you get it you won't be unrecoverably depressed. :)

 
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iwearnosox

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Originally posted by: elways07
I HATE YOU!!!!! :( Why do we keep coming back to these forums when they cost us so much money, lol! Pretty soon I'm gonna be living in a box, but at least I'll have my RC airplane!
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No s**t. I'm spending more than I make every month, I have to stop.
 
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I think it is a Cox Flyboy. I've seem them listed for about $179 Can't find the Cox homepage however.
 
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azoomee

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Just bought it -- totally awesome!!!

Used to fly but haven't in a few years -- this will let me relive and enjoy old memories once again :)
 
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ktg

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I'm sure we have people on this forum who are much more knowledgeable on the topic of RC planes than me, but here goes...

These "cheap" RC planes can be a bit frustrating, especially if you think your kids will be piloting spectacular swooping flights right out of the box. That has not been my experience so far with two different planes in the $50-$100 price range (but, granted, not this particular model). By design these planes are very light and tend to have limited engine power, which makes them (I think) susceptible to even very slight changes in the wind. We find that many flights are over in 5 seconds because a hard breeze sends the plane into a vertical climb/stall/nosedive behavior. It's hard to counteract that from the ground when all you can control is whether the plane turns right or left. After 6 or 7 flight attempts, when we finally do get a lofty flight going, the plane always manages to fly further away than our radio control range, and the "auto-land" feature has had an uncanny knack of depositing the plane 50 feet up in a tree on two separate occasions. We then spend an hour pummeling the tree with tennis balls to dislodge the @@#$ plane. This is despite flying the thing in a huge soccer field complex with plenty of open space.

Maybe I just don't understand aeronautics, but I think you always get what you pay for.
 
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dman

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We then spend an hour pummeling the tree with tennis balls to dislodge the @@#$ plane. This is despite flying the thing in a huge soccer field complex with plenty of open space.
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TIP: You an get one of those tree pruner gadgets from HomeDepot/Lowes/Walmart/most any garden store. They have an extend-a-pole that reaches pretty far, figure 6'(you) + 25-30' (I think) extended. Not sure if it'll help all the time, but, might be useful now and again. Used to use it all the time to get footballs and frisbee's and other inanimate objects out of neighborhood trees when I was kid.





 
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junthin

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I'm sure we have people on this forum who are much more knowledgeable on the topic of RC planes than me, but here goes...

These "cheap" RC planes can be a bit frustrating, especially if you think your kids will be piloting spectacular swooping flights right out of the box. That has not been my experience so far with two different planes in the $50-$100 price range (but, granted, not this particular model). By design these planes are very light and tend to have limited engine power, which makes them (I think) susceptible to even very slight changes in the wind. We find that many flights are over in 5 seconds because a hard breeze sends the plane into a vertical climb/stall/nosedive behavior. It's hard to counteract that from the ground when all you can control is whether the plane turns right or left. After 6 or 7 flight attempts, when we finally do get a lofty flight going, the plane always manages to fly further away than our radio control range, and the "auto-land" feature has had an uncanny knack of depositing the plane 50 feet up in a tree on two separate occasions. We then spend an hour pummeling the tree with tennis balls to dislodge the @@#$ plane. This is despite flying the thing in a huge soccer field complex with plenty of open space.

Maybe I just don't understand aeronautics, but I think you always get what you pay for.
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I may get $50 worth of fun out of it...
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Haha...exactly...you get the $50 worth of fun. ;) :p
 
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RDMustang1

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Darn, I guess you snooze you loose.. I woke up today all ready to buy one... Maybe they will get more in stock :(
 
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hill

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Apr 14, 2001
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It's available and still at $49.99 before coupon discount.
July 26 AM12 now.
 
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