lesson learned at the cost of $50. I bought a HFR seabird off ebay, and got it a month later..was suppose to have plastic wings "wrong" anyway first flight was a hand launch which went about 25 feet did a hard left bank that I could not correct for and nose dived which broke the wings off. but I didn't expect much more from it... it has no controls except for the motors which you change the speed of them to control it basically. I am still happy because I am looking at my New Nexstar which I hope to make its maiden flight next weekend"with trainer" Basically to all the newbies check things out before you by. PS.. there are alot of great people on here listen to them you will go far....

good luck. remember what you have learned we never stop learning in this hobby.
now go have fun

Sorry, willybe. It's a shame, but inexpensive electric airplanes are simply not long for this world. You're going to have a blast flying your Nexstar though.

The one thing cheap electric planes might be good for is giving you something to smash while you're waiting to fly your good plane. When I was going through flight training at the club, I had a couple of buddies who crashed their Avistars while taxiing them in their driveways. They couldn't wait for training night so they were jacking around between flight lessons and damaged their planes.

I had an Aerobird Challenger I'd bought before I bought the Nexstar. I couldn't fly it worth a hoot until after I solo'd on the Nexstar, but when I got the urge to mess around on my own, I could go smash the Aerobird into a soccer field and not tear up the Nexstar instead.

Exactly. I finished my Harrier 90 today, but it's cold, windy and there's snow and ice on the ground so I took out my Easystar instead. I had a blast in 20+ mph winds, landing on the ice, taking off from a stop on the ice, etc.

Wait till you get pretty comfortable flying, and those electrics will still give you plenty of fun on a rainy (or snowy!) day.

Enjoy your NexSTAR! I love mine. I've only been to the flying field once with it, but it was a blast. I'm supposed to go again tomorrow and I can't wait.