gsxrpilot
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Joined: 10/22/2003
From: los angeles, CA,
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OK, since I have not found any info elsewhere, I thought I would share my experience with the mini xpv. First of all, unlike the mini storm launcher, I'm not sure it will take off from the ground. Perhaps on a really smooth suface, but on my street it was too rough to get up enough speed. However, I have to say I am pretty happy with the flights I have gotten with it. It is fairly light and the motors seem very powerful. It can handle a little bit of wind as it flys fairly fast. It really looks unique when flying and it kind of reminds me of a flying batmobile. Turns are kind of tricky because if you apply too much turn (or I should say, hold the stick too long in a turn) it can go into a death spiral fairly easily. I have found that 1/2 throttle is good enough to maintain altitude and 3/4 throttle is good for turning with short bursts of the right stick to avoid spiraling. All in all, I was pleasantly suprised with it since the reviews for the big XPV had seemed mixed. Since I still can't get my mini storm launcher to charge right, I have to say to date this is my favorite mini rtf.
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Mini XPV? - 
, controller is small and awkward.I am waiting for the wind to die down to try it.
