Product Features
* Arrives ready to fly with all needed equipment
* Two flight modes for beginner and expert pilots
* 3 Channel radio system included and installed
* 12v and wall charger included
* Easy Hand launch or ground take off and landings
Product Description
"This is the electric powered, radio controlled Ready To Fly Hobbico Flyzone Sky Fly Airplane. For beginning to intermediate fliers. FEATURES: Construction: Plastic blow molded fuselage, composite material boom Wing: Constructed of foam, one-piece design with undercambered airfoil for lift at low speeds and upswept wingtips to prevent tip stalls Canopy: Black plastic, removable for easy battery access Radio: 3-ch FM 2-stick with Intelli-Flight Control, Beginner Mode provides more support for entry level fliers by mixing ""up"" elevator with rudder control. Expert Mode offers more freedom and maneuverability for aerobatics Motor: 380 size Speed Control: Electronic with auto cut-off Battery: 6-cell 2/3A cell size 900mAh NiMH (HCAA3850) Charger: 12V DC peak type plugs into automobile 12V receptacle for use with any vehicle
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
I like the Sky Fly, By Anthony Padgett "SkyFlyer" 
(Columbus, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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My Sky Fly must have 150 flights on it. Still love it. My local hobby sells the parts and they are very reasonable. I did lose the receiver unit when the main wing failed at very high loading (bottom of a half loop) and the plane flew straight in to the ground...POW! Really should not have been doing that with a damaged wing. The receiver unit is spendy ($65), so I just bought a new Sky Fly and got an extra everything that way. Other than that, the aircraft has survived many bad crashes really well as I was learning to fly R/C for the first time. If the wing gets beat up, for $10 you can get a new one.
Hint: Before each flight check the plastic thumbwheel adjusters on rudder and elevator. If not pretty tight, DO NOT FLY. If either of these loosens in flight, you are TOAST and will crash bad. Just get a tiny little phillips screwdriver and make sure these little knobs are tight, but don't overtighten, just so they are medium hard to adjust.
great plane but get ready to buy parts!!, By J. Keeton (memphis, tn) - See all my reviews 
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Great - but difficult., By Robert W. Timmerberg (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews Fun: Educational:
Smooth flight. A few takeoffs, circle once or twice, and gentle landings later we were feeling a little braver. I sent it to the other end of the field where I just couldn't tell which way it was facing and had a less than graceful wing over tail rolling landing. No damage. My dad's turn. After a few gentle circles, he got it stuck in a tree. Broken tail rudder. We're going to try using a little tape, but I've got a new one on order for 6 bucks, so it's not the end of the world...
Performance? Great. From an obviously beginner opinion, plenty of push from the propeller. It gets up in the air quite easily, and I recommend backing off the throttle after you get going and just coast up there... Not cut the engine completely, just backing off and giving a bit more throttle when needed. But it is rather light and responsive to wind almost as much as controls.
Beginner mode - probably a good idea, but the instinct is that if the plane isn't turning quickly enough you give more rudder, and it tries to climb to help your turn. Many times we ended up with the nose pointed straight up in the air resulting in uncontrolled swoops downward.
Battery life - really great. The entire outing was a few hours, and overall it was probably about :45 solid flying. There was still battery left, but no idea how much as that it was getting dark by the time we called it a day after shaking/poking the plane out of the tree.
Try and find a LARGE area without houses, trees, bird feeders, and the like especially if you are as beginner as we were.
Price - great for the features. There isn't anything under the $100 category that has anywhere near the range of control. Most are 2 prop variable speed controls.
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Hobbico Nexstar R/C Trainer Airplane w/Flight Simulator
Product Features
* Ready-To-Fly Trainer Airplane
* Features AFS (Active Flight Stabilization)
* Airfoil Extensions >Speed Brakes and Training Flaps
* Package included RealFlight Nexstar Windows PC disc with, Transmitter Interface (Allows modeler to practice and perfect their skills without risking their
* Professional Futaba 4-Channel Radio with Trainer System.
Product Details
Product Description
From the Manufacturer
Ready-To-Fly Trainer Airplane, Features AFS (Active Flight Stabilization), Airfoil Extensions, Speed Brakes, Training Flaps, Package included RealFlight Nexstar Windows PC disc with Transmitter Interface (Allows modeler to practice and perfect their skills without risking their airplane.), Professional Futaba 4-Channel Radio with Trainer System.Fuel Required. Age Range: 14+
Product Description
This is the radio controlled, glow powered, ready-to-fly, Hobbico NexSTAR Select .46 trainer airplane. For Beginner Modeler/Fliers, with such features as AFS (Active Flight Stabilization), SpinControl Airfoil Extensions, SpeedBrakes Training Flaps and much more, no other trainer offers so much help for the first-time pilot. In addition to the airplane, radio, and engine, this package also includes a RealFlight NexSTAR Windows PC disc with transmitter interface to use with the included Futaba radio allowing the modeler to practice and perfect their skills without risking the airplane.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
The NextStar is a good, basic trainer. As with any other trainer, you must have a seasoned pilot helping with the first few flights at least. My instructor immediately rejected the speed flaps and the Automatic Flight Stabilization system. I figured he would, so I didn't even install the flaps or connect the AFS. He's instructed many students using this trainer and finds those two features to be a hindrance rather than a help. Great Trainer, By Richard Head (Tonganoxie, KS USA) - See all my reviews Fun: Educational:
The airplane does need some tweaking by an experienced modeler. For example, the right rudder/right nose gear binds as the nyrod comes through a too-tight hole in the firewall. We had to disconnect it and enlarge the hole with a Dremel tool. No big deal but, since the instructor says they all come that way, it's a mystery why Great Planes continues to manufacture them this way.
Main landing gear system is mickey mouse--snap in system that only works part of the time and is very easy to come loose. Coming loose and falling out in flight is a real possibility.
The other BIG problem: the aircraft always yaws and rolls right on takeoff. Something that they all do, according to the others in the radio control club who've flown them. You have to feed in left rudder and left aileron on V2 or you're likely going to be in trouble.
Overall, a solid trainer and one that my R/C club sees a lot. One evening on Beginner's Night there were five NextStars in the air at one time. However, if I were doing this over, I'd probably go with the HobbiStar .60 because it's a bigger airplane (easier to see), has less dihedral, and has a semi-symmetrical airfoil which gives it many more possibilities.
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!, By Richard Oconnor (Bellingham, WA USA) - See all my reviews Fun: Educational:
I purchased the hobbico nexstar about a month or so ago and havn't looked back yet! It makes for a perfect trainer and flys great. It has a ton of great features including the AFS system (I haven't tried this but know of others that have). Overall the plane flys great, handles perfectly, and is a great trainer. You can take off the speed breaks (which have saved my butt more than a few times) and the plane speeds up considerably.
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