Hi;Hate to open my mouth here but seeing those poor newbies show up with a nexstar believing what the adds say make me sad.Such a waste and how many never contionue after that experience!!It has to be one of the worst flying planes I have had the misfortune to own!Know why I got it cheap at a swap!!!I have to admit that I saw one that flew fairly well!!That was the rare exception on these birds.The plane many really like and have good luck with is the SkyRader by World Models for about $82 with all shipping etc.There are several every day at our field and all are well loved both the high and low wing ones but prefer the high wing version,better as trainer!Probably get jumped on for saying this but just hate to see those poor beginnners with a plane that is hard for an expert to make fly good.Of course as beginners they don't know what a decent plane flys like!!

Moodier, That is funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man I just had a blast with this plane going straight to the ground then pulling up really fast and then a fast flyby. These stock props are awsome thanks for the advice guys.

mine fley pretty well for quite a few years and held up to quite a bit of the abuse I inflicted on it as a new pilot.
it was a great early plane for me at least.
with the flaps slowed it down making it easy to land when I first started in general not bad at all IMNSHO

So I just have been having an awsome time with those stock props. This thing is awsome on some fast dives and then coming in to a flyby. I will now go back on my 10x6 prop for some more extra speed.


-Adisn

if I want to go faster, I usually go up in pitch the OS46 fxi can handle the 11" prop just fine with the 10/6 you are getting more revs.
you will get plenty of speed out of a 11/6 or11/7 prop for that plane

hey guys im planning to put my camera on my nexstar and take it as high as I can. Cant wait. Hey guys I have some video from my other plane, but everytime I try to upload it on youtube it takes hours to load, but then it never loads and finishes. Any advice.

The NexStar is the top choice for a trainer according to RCU.

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Hi;Well interesting to read how great the Nexstar is!Around our field the general feeling is it is one of the worst flying trainers there is.Some istructers don't even want to teach on them.Some who after crashing them and gone onto other trainers such as the LT-40 etc can't believe how much easier it is to fly with a good plane!I had to try it too so bought one and found it to be a terrible handling plane only flew few flites with it and sold it.Actually have wondered about original construction as I have seen some that would fly pretty good others were terrible.Fellows eventried things such as switching wings between planes see if that made any difference.SO I find it interesting that apparently many people seem to think it is a good plane?At our field it is kind of said should only be flown by experienced pilots definetly not beginners.Good luck to those that like it!!!

moodier,

I've flown NextStarts 4 or 5 now and found, for the most part, they are a good flying plane. Like just about any ARF I've dealt with, they required some trimming but nothing that a competent instructor wouldn't be able to diagnose and eplain to a student how to correct. I've played around with full span flapperons on the one I put together for my son and have had a blast with it. With both ailerons lowered about 1/8" it becomes one of the best flying trainers I flown. I see nothing wrong with it as a trainer, but I also recommend leaving the gagets off - it flies much better and glides much better with out all that drag. I've flown my son's enough that it probably could stand to have new covering put on it just from fuel soaking and covering peeling (typical of many ARF's, not just the NextStar). I'd probably do that if I hadn't stripped the radio out of it for another project.

Hogflyer

Take all the new crap off the Nexstar..............make it an airplane without ..the slow me down stuff.. It flies just fine......
Had mine out yesterday flying.....no complaints.............and I'm still learning. The "newer options", from what I hear are not helpng.

I got my NexSTAR at an incredible deal. Previous owner probably read all the negative comments from you guys. Thanks.
Had never been flown. So, I broke in the engine (just a couple tank fulls). Removed all the "gadgets". And, got the best flight instruction possible.
As a learning plane, the NexSTAR is awesome. Floats well, forgiving, and has the ability to recover from a steep dive without folding the wings, like I've seen others do. All the "slow-me-down, so I can teach myself to fly" gadgets are fine. If that's your intention.
But, if you can get instruction from qualified pilots, save a few bucks and go with an Avistar, LT40, or any of the other trainers mentioned, previously.
They'll all get the job done.

Now, in defense of my NexSTAR. I plan to cut down the dihedral, and eventually add floats. I still love my NexSTAR.
But, I can't wait to get my Global Freestyle airborn.

I started out on the nexstar, you definitly need an electric starter and some extra propellars....Of course u need the glo starter. That thing will kick your but trying to start with a stick. I put a high performance muffler on mine and it is really a performer for the money..I'm talking from my nexstar...I also have a large gas airplane but I love my nexstar. I even customized the paper coating...Make sure that when you take of, you run the plane for a little bit to get some speed built up, if you take off at full throttle from a short distance, it has a tendency to turn right as soon as it gets off the ground. Good luck dude! R Sparks

You must have the ONLY Nexstar in the world with paper covering. None of the rest use paper. "I'm talking from my nexstar"-What does that mean? Are you inside it?

Isn't it cool how people on the computer easily dog out someone else because they are usually a four eyed geek and they know the person they are trying to make look bad can't reach through the computer and gouge out their eyeballs...Yes I'm talking to the smart a_ _ geek!

Hello,
I'm am getting back into flying (I last flew 3 channel plans about 30 yrs ago. I bought the Nexstar in late October. I practiced on the simulater all Winter. I've been flying my Nexstar since end of May. I had the help of my club's trainers to learn. They had me take off the flaps and turn off the AFS system (they said it made the plane fly too slow to manuver it properly and harder for the instructor to recover from a student's mistake). After about 7 days of instructions I solo-ed. After that I made some modifications to remove the dihedral from the wing. It is now a level wing semi-symetrical plane. The plane really flys great now. I consider it now as an advanced trainer. I would like to know if any one knows how or sells a front brake as this plane wants to roll a long way on landings. Also has any one put two more servo's to be able to convert part of the aileron to workable flaps, and was the plane still able to manuver ok?
Thanks,

What you need to do is get the idle down where it belongs and then it won't roll away on you. If that fails you can pit a short piece of fuel tubing on the axle to rub against the wheel and this will cause enough drag to stop the rolling. This is usually done on the main wheels.

I've seen people install wing servos for flaperons and I've also seen a guy cut the ailerons so that the inboard sections were interconnected as flaps and the outer sections worked as ailerons. Worked OK but unnecessary.

Just thought I'd throw my 2 cents in here on the Nexstar. My stepfather got 1 and followed the directions that say not to listen to everyone and install everything on it. I have been buddy boxing him and I will say that it is a decent trainer. Easy assembly if building is a problem. ONLY problem was that the color of the tubes on the fuel tank were not attached per the plans/instructions. The fill and clunk line were reversed. Not a problem till inverted flight.

Just my 2 cents.

Del

kbohna,
I put the dual aileron servos on mine, intended to cut-in the flaps (the manual tells you exactly how to do this, as the hinges are pre installed) but I needed a different radio and was told by several people don't bother, as they wont do much. Really couldn't tell any difference with the dual servos either, but I am no expert. Just curious, I am thinking of taking the dihedral out of the wing. Is that easy to do? Can you give me some details?
Thanks

Here are the steps that I did to remove the dihedral from the Nexstar Wings.

1) Detach the wing from fuselage and then disconnect the control rods from
the aileron servo. See pictures 1 and 2. In the pictures I only did one
side but you will need to do this for both sides.
2) Then remove the four screws that hold both halves of the wing together.
Pull the wing halves apart.
3) Take the large metal rod out as shown in picture 03. You will need to
bend it in the middle. Leave the little metal rod in the one side of wing.
4) As shown in picture 04 you will need to glue a piece of wood which is
about the thickness of a rib of the fuselage and about 3.5 inches long. You
may need to shave the wood a little thinner on the ends, you will see on the
plastic wing attacher. You can also see it in pictures 05 and 06. I just
had a few pieces because I had to rebuild the front end of the fuselage
because of a wreck on take off. I had bought this plane used from a guy who
never flew it but it was stored for a few years. I think the firewall was
brittle with dry rot. It was my instructor who was taking it off when it
happened.
5) Next I put the wings into the plastic center wing connector with out the
large metal rod, just to see how it fit, I then shaved or sanded the wood
strip so the wings would be straight.
6) I then bent the metal rod and tested how it fit, and at one point I bent
it too much and had to unbend it some. You just have to play with it.
7) I then put the wing back together with the bent large metal rod. See
picture 07.
8) I then sat the wing on the fuselage and pushed it against the front where
the wooden dowel fits into the hole. You will notice that it will hit above
the original hole. I just took a drill bit the size of the hole and
elongated the hole higher as seen in picture 08. If you don't do this the
wing will not lay correctly and will be tilted. It makes that plane want to
dive as the wing instance is not straight. I had flown it before doing this
step and noticed it did not fly very well as you had to give it a lot of up
elevator to fly it.
9) This may not be needed but I purchased some foam made for the wing to sit
on and put that on the edges of the fuselage where the wing would sit on.
10) I then put the plane together and now you have an advanced trainer which
will do acrobatics better. I still need to remove the front wing drupes. I
will fly the plane a couple of more times before I remove them.
picture 10 is the plane with the dihedral and picture 11 is with out the
dihedral in the wing. It really does fly a lot better with out the
dihedral.
I thought about buying two more servos to modify the plane for flaps as it
says in the manual, but from what people have said in the forums that the
plane doesn't fly too good with less aileron surface because to put flaps in
you would need to use part of the ailerons.

I hope this helps. Please email me for pictures. I
live in Vancouver, Washington USA
Ken

thats a good tip for people who wish to modify there wings,you should post the pics of your mod here also.

it's kind of funny there is the knockers,mostly alot of people who haven't even flown this plane but have a bias against it because of a couple of plastic parts that don't add up to much.

and then there is the advocates usually the ones who have the plane, and have used it to learn to fly, and like myself have moved on to more challenging planes,thanks to the NEXTAR,it helped me progress towards my real goal of warbirds rather quickly being such a easy plane to fly.
removing one plastic aid at a time, building on the confidence level. it's amazing how well you can fly after you work through the extras.

I am revamping mine but thats another thread all together

Here are all the pictures that go with modifing the Hobbico's NexStar to have a flat wing (no dihedral)

Thanks,
I did figure out how to upload the pictures.
Ken

Ken,
Thanks for the info and pictures. I guess I would have never thought to bend the rod. What a great idea! As soon as my 11 year old son has soloed and is real comfortable with the plane, I am going to take out the dihedral.
Thanks again.

Bigtim
I agree with you 100%. I taught myself how to fly with the Nexstar. Just spent some time on the sim and decided to go fly. First three filghts were perfect. Then had a couple of hard landings in the wind, but no major damage. I have moved on to a H-9 Pulse XT and looking forward to warbirds. I am teaching my son and cousin to fly the Nexstar with a buddy box. Both have four flights with no mishaps. Great trainer. Of course, having only flown the Nestar, I have no other trainer experience to compare it with. But hey, worked for me!

whoever dogs on the nexstar.. yall are crazy, this plane is in my thoughts the "perfect trainer" i've never had problems I had a crash but it was interference from a camerea I mounted on it, bad idea aha.. But i just bought a new fuselage for it and swapped everything in a night and off to the field in the morning and a PERFECT flight again... its a grreat plane and for you beginners out there. buy it.