Here is another episode of “Budget RC”. This series is dedicated to finding great RC deals through friends, local RC clubs and swap meets, local sellers on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist, eBay, RC Groups, other online forums etc. The goal of this series is to show you a sampling of budget deals for RC vehicles and equipment, as well as to provide a sense of what is out there and how much you should expect to pay.
I found this nicely used ParkZone Ultra Micro Pole Cat bind-and-fly (BNF) 4-channel aerobatic RC airplane at an RC swap meet organized by the New Hampshire Flying Tigers RC Club. I offered $20, and the seller accepted my offer. I think it was a fantastic deal (I call it a "steal"). I am not experienced in flying aerobatic airplanes, but I have been practicing lately. Thanks to its small size and extremely light weight (only about 35gr or 1.25oz), this Pole Cat will be one of my aerobatic airplanes that I can practice with in our local park. Unfortunately, this nice model had been discontinued, and even the ParkZone brand does not exist anymore:
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I had no difficulty binding it to my RadioMaster TX16S OpenTX transmitter and setting it up. However, I had issues with the two aftermarket batteries that were included. Both failed to hold charge and started cutting off the motor only after about 10-15 seconds into the flight. So, I used the 180mAh Lectron Pro batteries that I had, and they worked great with this airplane. In this video, I am showing my first unsuccessful flight with the old batteries and my second flight with a Lectron Pro battery.
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