Easy Star Electric, RTF (colors may vary)

by Multiplex Modelsport USA

Product Features

• Assembly time of about 30 minutes Charger and battery included Quiet and powerful Speed 400 motor included and installed Hitec Focus 3 radio, servos and speed control installed Constructed with Elapor foam for extreme durability

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 34.9 x 8.5 x 5.9 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0007U9NYW
• Manufacturer recommended age: 12 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,468 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

Product Description

The Multiplex Easy Star RTF (Ready to Fly) was designed for first-time pilots in mind, and offers incredibly stable flight characteristics and durability. One of the design features of the Easy Star is the rear mounted Propeller, which helps limit damage in less perfect landings. A powerful Speed 400 motor is mounted on the top so a hard landing won t break the prop or hurt the motor. The Easy Star flies with little input and has the ability to recover easily. Made from Multiplex s durable Elapor foam, the Easy Star take s a tremendous amount of abuse without breaking. And, if it does break, it is easily repaired with CA (super) glue. Even after many crashes during the learning process, the Easy Star will be ready for more, and is sure to still be around to teach someone else to fly. Specifications Wingspan 54 in Fuselage Length 36 in Weight 24 oz, Includes Hitec 3 Channel Radio, (2) Tiny-S Servos, X-08 Speed Control, Motor Battery and charger

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Easy Star, February 13, 2007

By 

J. Mcghee "V_RocKs" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy Star Electric, RTF (colors may vary) (Toy)

When I asked friends about a simple plane to fly for a beginner they pointed me to the Easy Star. When I saw the price of the RTF (Ready to Fly) model I about $%*% my pants! It seemed awfully expensive for an airplane made out of foam.

I quickly realized why it was so expensive. The radio system is excellent. This isn't something someone put together with parts from Radio Shack. This is a quality plane made with above the bar parts.

Everything from the plane itself to the electronics will blow your mind. The wingspan is large enough to impress friends. The receiver is 4 channel and the servos are micro so this setup can be moved into another plane as your level of experience and tastes change.

I have crashed this plane once and my friends have crashed it twice. Well, to be honest, I have crashed it more than 10 times to varying degrees. But the only time it broke I just glued it back together. Now it is nicknamed FrankenPlane. You can barely see the cracks where I glued it, the foam hides them well.

If you are a beginner and you know you will crash, get this plane.

TIPS - When checking the center of gravity (you will see what I mean in the instructions if you are a complete newbie) make sure to hold it by your finger tips under the wings where the lines (you mark) are at, not the body of the plane. The wings.

Put a small piece of tape on the front and back of the canopy.

Glue in the tail and rear wings instead of using their included double sided tape.

Check and RECHECK the elevator (up and down flap on the tail wing) to make 100% sure it is moving up or down the way it is intended to! I didn't and it turned out the up/down joystick was BACKWARDS so on my first flight I promptly ran it into the ground. Because the radio system is top-notch, switching it is as easy as reversing a plug in the transmitter and the back is screwless so no pulling out and putting back in 8 screws like on other models.

Make sure you are 3 (three) miles away from any airfields that might have radio controlled planes flying on them. I found a perfect field to fly in and it turned out that a radio controlled air field was only a little over 1 mile away. That was my only big crash (from about 200 feet). Once the plane got about 1/2 a mile away from me it began to take its instructions from someone else at the airfield.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Few Planes are better than this, November 8, 2010

By 

kkrome25 "kkrome25" (California, USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Easy Star Electric, RTF (colors may vary) (Toy)

This is a popular plane with beginners and experienced pilots. It is widely used by FPV (first-person view) pilots who use a real-time video camera in the plane to fly it, while the pilot is on the ground. Also a perfect plane for aerial photography and videograpy. The material used for the is plane is called elapor or z-foam, which is slightly flexible and easy to repair. Minor dents can be repaired with a hair blowdrier or hot air gun. The plane is very fast because it's so aerodynamic. The rudder (vertical stabilizer) is a bit too small to turn (yaw) the plane sharp enough for experts, but it's quickly remedied by either taping an extension or gluing it to the existing rudder. The elevator (horizontal stabilizer) is sufficient for pitch (up and down). This plane is so modifiable, and that's the main reason it's so popular (see rcgroups dot com, and youtube for "easystar"). You can change out the receiver and servos for ultra-micro-sized units for lighter weight. You can modify it to take longer wings from other planes. More powerful motors and lipo (lithium polymer) batteries have upped its performance greatly. And if it's kept light enough, can be an average slope glider. Find some scrap foam, shape it into floats, and you've got a float plane. It's also fly-able on moderately windy days. It's an extremely tough airplane, and I've seen some very beat-up Easy Stars still flying. This is the peoples' plane!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excelllent product, January 9, 2007

By 

R. Urniezius (Lithuania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy Star Electric, RTF (colors may vary) (Toy)

Excellent for the beginner. My boy had three hard landings in series, and practically nothing hapened. Very good feature is to have a motor at the top. Also there is nice simulator software available for this model on Internet. If begginner I recommend to try simulator first and learn to balance it in the area there, then wait for a day without any wind.