Slow Stick ARF Park Flyer, Red

Reader Reviews
There are extra items you will need to build this RC airplane kit. If you're a beginner this can take you by surprise. So lets go through them.An RC radio transmitter and receiver. This is going to be the most expensive part of the plane. I bought a Spektrum DX5e transmitter for $50.00 and an OrangeRX receiver for $7.95. They have worked perfectly.2 servos to operate the rudder and elevator. I used HK15178 10 gram micro servos from Hobby King. They're $1.69 apiece. Sorry, Amazon is far from lowest here, but stay tuned because Amazon doesn't like not being the lowest. I like to keep my money at Amazon when I can.You will need a flight battery, a battery charger and brushed electronic speed control (ESC).It isn't absolutely necessary but buying a pair of DuBro Micro EZ Link connectors will save several dollars worth of cussing.Get yourself a couple of tubes of five or 15 minute epoxy glue, a low temp hot glue gun and glue sticks, an exacto knife, some self-adhesive velcro and I used some double sided tape to hold my wing at the proper angle while the epoxy cured. Also toss out the hinge tape they provided and use some of that 3M super strength packing tape.Finally head over to rcgroups.com and check out the ultimate slow stick help thread (part 9 now I think). The first reviewer is quite correct that the supplied instruction are nice and glossy with lots of photos but the language is subject to interpretation. Every question you can think of has been answered by the thousands of posts there on rcgroups. Go there and success is guaranteed.No, THAT wasn't finally, THIS is finally.... The GWS Slow Stick comes in three flavors: 2 are almost ready to fly (ARF): the 300 version and the 400 version. These two are about $10 more expensive than the no power system (NPS) model. Both of the ARF planes have some problems, in that they are underpowered. They will fly and will be fun, but only in completely no wind situations. Even a 5 mph wind will be a struggle. They will not climb quickly and they will not last very long because they are cheap brushed motors which wear out quickly. That's fine to begin with but you won't be happy for long.You can buy a much more powerful and reliable brushless motor for $15.00 nowdays, and a brushless electronic speed controller for another $15.00. You already saved $10.00 for not buying the weak motor, you would need to buy a speed controller and battery anyway so you can more than quadruple your power for another five dollars. My slow stick weighs 400 grams and has 1200 grams of static thrust. Do you think it flies energetically when I need it to? That extra power will save your keister if you stall the plane close to the ground. Just pour on the power, dial in full up and blast out of there straight up! Worry about what you did wrong after the plane is safely out of there. With the original motor, a crash would have been just about certain. When you are learning to fly power is life.