Customer Reviews

42" 2-Ch RC Radio Control Oriole Airplane

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The plane is a good, tough plane but my charger did not work so I had to use another one that I got of the same voltage. and the landing gear fell of on one of the first flights. It is not neccessary to have landing gear if you land it in long grass though. Over all good product.

This plane was a blast and super easy to fly. It, like most, takes a little preflight work to assure it last through the inevitable crashes that will come with flying. You need to do the following and then toss it into the air and fly away:
1-tape all the wings with light , wide packing tape
2-check the wing-tail alignment
3-assure that you turn on the transmitter then the plane.

I did the above and although I have had many a rough landing it has held together remarkably well and flys great. I am well into 100 plus flights and still going.

The airplane is a grate plane for begenners who want to start flying. it is durable and verry easy to fly. If you do happen to break the plane it is pretty easy to fix. I don't recomend flying it in winds over 5-7mph. battery life is about 10 to 15 min. the plane won't take off from the ground so i recomend hand launching it. For the price of the plane i beleave i got my moneys worth. All and all i beleave it is a good buy.

My shipment arrived on time just before Christmas and it was easy to assemble and my son liked it. It seemed a little flimsy, but durable. HOWEVER, I think it is important to note that the plane will not fly at "high" altitudes.

In other words, if you live in Colorado or any place well above sea level, don't expect your plane to get off the ground. I even worked some expert aeromodelers, the best of the best, and we could not get the plane to fly more than a few feet.

One shoddy piece of merchandise. The rechargeable batteries never worked, the charge lasted for about 1 minute, and it never provided enough power to lift the plane even once.

Nosed over into the ground on first launch due to CG issue. I moved the battery rearward and this fixed the issue. After repairs the aircraft performed as advertised. It is a little tricky to land in a confined space but will climb high and glide well.

I bought this for my 7 year old son for Christmas and regret it. The cockpit cover did not fit properly, the antenna would not attach to the remote control (threads were not compatible), so the RC unit was useless. Fortunately, we had another RC unit that worked on the same frequency. The plane was flimsy, but the engine was not strong enough for the plane to take off from the ground. My hubby had to throw it into the air and even then it didn't have a lot of power and was difficult to maneoever. When it inevitably crashed, it was so flimsy that the wings had to be taped to repair them, throwing off the weight ratio. Thanks to this plane, my son was in tears of frustration on Christmas morning after he and his father tried for over an hour to get it to fly. It hasn't been used since then, because we can't bear to waste any more time with it.

With S&H this plane cost me $50, and that is expensive considering I flew the plane for 30 sec before it crashed on a grassy field and the back rudder broke. I should have guessed from the instructions that this was going to be a cheap product--although it says easy to assemble, I basically had to guess most of the steps as the instructions are useless. My suggestion: don't but this plane! Cheapest toy I've come across and even if you manage to get to fly it, it will last you maybe 30 sec before something breaks. Save your money!