I saved the wing connectors from a couple of now defunct zohd models. I may try to put them in this model if I can figure out a good way of securing them.

Flies quite nice and is relaxing. You could use a throttle and elevator mix in the radio to help with the hand launch dip. Nice review.

When I lived in Cheshire, I used to worry about thistles and nettles. Now It's brown snakes, taipans and redbacks. 😎

Looks like my old Dynam Hawksky v2.. It was a fun plane.. Nice and docile, great for fpv.

My son's Ranger 1600 is the same - gotta launch it like a javelin, like you stole it. 3500mah gets 35 mins flight too, on 3s. Arduplane Arduplane Adruplane Arduplane Arduplane.

Looks promising I might pop on this since I don’t have a Bixler anymore

He could have thrown a little bit towards the sky instead of towards the ground as well 🤔

Yes Arduplane please

Another Arduplane series would be great, perhaps exploring features like soaring.

A great review.....The motor thrust line needs to point at the CG line on the wing but on most of these models it doesn't. I had the same trouble on a HK Floater. Changing the thrust angle helped a lot but it was still not possible to get it pointed at the CG due to the design of the motor pod.

Good review. Seems price point is based on offering dual wing option. Too bad didn't include a easy way to swap at the field. Expect someone will soon come up with some mods. Nice to see new models being offered (given so many is limited supply this year).

Great review as usual Lee. This just might be the plane I was looking for to replace my dated ( and repaired many times) Easystar2. I love floating around in the air with some of the Buzzards here in The New Forest, this will probably stay up longer than them lol. Thanks for the review. Cheers Mick

Awesome flying and review, Lee! 😃 Thanks a lot for all the tips! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

excellent vid and review. looks like not a bad platform to build on.

Already up FAR too late and then I see this thumbnail 😩😅 guess I’m gunna be up for a lil while longer 😬🤦🏻‍♂️ So glad you fpv’d it 😎

Great flight Lee, some great tips 👍🏻

Hello. I bought a kit and have been assembling it. I see you didn't use all the motor disc pieces? Mine came with four. Not sure if that was a fluke? Anyway I'm using a Ex Finwing 2220 motor that I have and it fits better if I use all four discs. So big one then two little ones then the other big one. This interestingly also allows a 9x6 prop to fit. I tried to cover the wings with something we have in New Zealand to cover exercise books. It's like a sticky vinyl. Ended up looking ugly so I pulled it off and the foam is sadly no longer smooth. The nose looks delicate. First flights I plan to cover the nose somehow. I'll share a video of my discoverys later. Won't be at your standard but my be useful to share anyway. Did you need to use shims on the motor mount to change direction of thrust? I found the hatch catch terrible. It broke during assembly. Not a good design.

With a pusher I’d always be cautious with throttle and keep to 1/4 as will full will push the plane down .

It a good idea to test it over tall weeds much softer

Nice I just flew my Skysurfer X8 today 🙃

Can you put 9 inch propeller? Nice video...

Awesome plane, great review thanks. Would you mind doing a video on a short flight with the shorter wings as well?

Interesting little jewel. Would this fly off water?

Great review as always, but I wonder who Eachine / AtomRC is after with this model. It's easily $30 to $40 (USD)more compared to the Ranger 1600. The specs are almost the same as the 1600 (30A ESC, and 2216 1400KV motor), I guess the Seal gets points for digital servos (at least that is what the site says, but I guess you got plastic ones), but those probably are not necessary or justify the cost difference. Even the Ranger 2000 is still cheaper than the Seal. Specs are similar except the 2000 comes with 2 servos for the flaps. For a beginner, no way that foam fuselage is going to hold up like the plastic body of the Ranger. Additionally for beginners you are going break things like the batter trays, wing clips, and canopies. Good luck finding those replacement parts and 3d parts haven't been published yet. I could see guys/girls with loads of planes and wanting to add another to the fleet. The access panels are a great idea and wish more mfgs would do that. I have seen the manual in person, but based on your comments and what you showed on the video, the Ranger manual is a proper manual (say minus the propeller section). I don't get why mfgs will create these amazing looking planes then put out a manual that is on par with an IKEA set of instructions for a pot of plastic flowers.

what`s the trick to getting no electrical interference in your vtx feed? same trick used when using FC?

Hello, I have this exact same model, but for some reason the stock ESC doesn't power on (Neither the motor, nor the ESC beep). In the instructions it said that there is a "safe start", where it would need the throttle to be at lowest possible position when turning it on, and yet it still doesn't power on. I have quadruple checked the connections of the ESC with the FC (f405-wse) instructions. The thing is that everything else works (servos, gps, etc.). I've also checked the ESC mosfets with multimeter and they're all good, no problems there and I also get voltage readings with motor wires when I power the model on. I believe I just can't beat that safe start mode. Please help!

Awesome review, I've been looking for a good long flight time fpv setup. What would you recommend for me? I'm looking for something that has a long flight time for my fpv pan tilt setup and my inav fc. I had a bix3, but it is extremely dated now and did not get very good flight times.

Is the motor hard to remove on pnp version if you want to try something different? Are parts available? I couldn't find any

I stopped buying these, I had the Skywalker years ago and it was great and after a year or so of Acrobatics the elevator servo broke loose from the foam and it did a nose drive from 200+ ft. So I replaced it with a 'New' one, I thought "I don't think this Motor or Prop are big enough"...sure thing Same result as your maiden flight, I even tried a 2nd time tossing off of a big Hill....THAT destroyed the plane because it still wouldn't fly and I just added 60 ft. of altitude to make sure when it nosed in it would be completely wiped out. Then I bought another Brand, ALL of my planes I look for a Video Review before buying, so I'm not sure what's going on, are they sending "Special" Kits for reviewers with plenty of power? So my 3rd Plane is also too under powered, I've found if it can't fly more than 3 ft off a table at full throttle, it's NOT going to fly at all...so it hangs in the garage, it's too hot here in the Summer to fly anyway, I'll change the motor and prop in the Fall.

very very floaty and forgiving plane , are the bixlers as hard to stall as this model?

Thanks for the video! How do you think this compares to the Strix Stratosurfer in terms of cost/performance?

ardupilot!

not attractive for that price

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