![]() When I got a chance to review this plane I immediately agreed as I wanted to share my experiences and feelings about this great little trainer. The Cub however will remain with him and having had success he is hooked. Jason moved to Southern California November 1st but was already thinking about getting a second plane after the move. Jason was up to Intermediate mode in a couple of weeks and Experienced mode just before Halloween at our last flying session. After a few minutes Jason had landed the Sport Cub S on the baseball field right between second and third base.Īfter that first successful flight Jason and I got together several more times and he let me fly his plane if I brought my own batteries. The flight was done in Beginner mode and he only hit the panic button once but released both sticks a couple of times to get self leveling. We had the park to ourselves except for walkers on the sides of the park. The flight was done out in the middle of the park and away from all trees. Jason was an excellent student and was ready for his first real flight just a few minutes later. I immediately leveled the plane and continued to follow Jason's commands and he turned his body and the transmitter to keep it oriented with the plane. He shouted right turn but never said up elevator so his right wing kept dropping and he shouted out panic button. With the plane and radio off I had him make his moves on the transmitter and call them out. It was Jason's turn for his first flight. With the battery charged I demonstrated a hands off take off, the joy of the panic button and a hands off landing. (I liked it so much I have since ordered one for myself and one for a Christmas present.) I gave Jason my demonstration on how to keep oriented with his plane until it becomes second nature to him (Covered below for other beginners.) While I gave him his ground lesson the battery recharged on his car's cell phone charger with the kit included charger with USB connector. He then asked if he bought the plane would I help him learn to fly? The next weekend I flew Jason's new Sport Cub S and fell in love with this wonderful little plane. Technology which I explained to him but that I hadn't personally flown the plane. I told him I knew about the plane and I very much liked S.A.F.E. Technology would be a good trainer plane for him as he liked the look, the size and the price. After I landed he came up with a number of questions about RC and if the Sport Cub S RTF with S.A.F.E. I was flying at the local park at the end of September when a park walker stopped and watched me fly. ![]() Also the Cub S2 has a 150mah battery while the Cub 500 has a 400mah battery and can fly about 15 minutes.MLP6DSM 6 Channel SAFE transmitter on 2.4GHzįast DC Charger with USB port connectivityįixed Main Gear with steerable tail wheel The Horizon Hobby Sport Cub S2 is an entirely different beast tho I still think the Volantexrc (v761) Sport Cub 500 is better. In any case avoid the old Horizon Hobby Sport Cub S. Tho it still appears made of less durable EPO foam instead of the very flexible EPP foam of the V761 Sport Cub 500. That looks like an entirely new Horizon Hobby Sport Cub S2. And it can be bought in a BNF version too. ![]() And its dsmx too so can be flown with a good transmitter. They must be different, in a picture the Horizon Hobby Cub S2 appears to be 4 channel as it looks to have ailerons, elevator, throttle, rudder. I thought it was just a rebranded Volantexrc Cub S2. ![]() It seems there are different Cub S2s, the Horizon Hobby one being different. I thought they had a 14" span.The yellow volantex cub s2 says 15.75" span. I thought the Cub S and S2 were smaller than the Cub 500 but aparently they're larger and heavier if they have a 24" span. The Cub S and S2 you can never fly with a decent transmitter I don't think and are only 3 channel besides (no ailerons). The Cub 500 is 4 channel and very light and slow flier. ![]() There is a RTF version available for about $119 too and later if you decide to get a good transmitter you can still fly it. The Volantexrc Sport Cub 500 is 500mm (19.69")span and can be bought for $89 in a Bind and Fly (BNF) -they call it PNP- format that you can bind with a multiprotocol Opentx transmitter instead of the toy RTF transmitters. ![]()
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