Hello All, I'm a new student and learning to fly the Nexstar. I have to agree, that it is a great airplane. I noticed most folks here are discussing taking off the AFS and other aids and I agree. I also was warned about the AFS before purchasing my first plane but I still bought the Nexstar. One other item I wanted to mention that I haven't seen mentioned here is you can buy the Nexstar as a kit without the electronics. That means no AFS pertruding from the belly, which I'm convinced causes drag. In fact so, a friend (experienced) of mine crashed his AFS-Nexstar this weekend (total wreck including engine). It had flown a little squirrly and most folks at our field say the Nexstar is a bad flyer. Well, this weekend I let a few fly 'MY' non-AFS-Nexstar (kit) and where impressed. So, I recommend purchasing the non-AFS Nexstar for $99 and building it yourself (ARF).

My Nexstar has the OS .46 AX engine and runs nice.