Horizon Insider Buying Guide: Best Beginner RC Planes for 2020!

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Horizon Insider Buying Guide: Best Beginner RC Planes for 2020!

Looking for the Best Beginner RC Plane? In this edition of Horizon Insider, we revisit our lineup and select the two best planes to begin your flying adventure with! Updated for 2020, this video features the updated E-flite Apprentice STS 1.5m and the new HobbyZone AeroScout S 1.1m.

Important key discussion points and/or content links:
- Key things to look for in "Trainer-Style" RC planes: (0:34)
- E-flite Apprentice STS 1.5m Discussion (4:11)
- HobbyZone AeroScout S 1.1m Discussion (6:08)

As always, these planes are available at your local Horizon Hobby retailer or online using the links below!

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[mmmasterscross]

Love the videos always coming out of HH! Y’all always highlight the best features of each plane even though I’m at intermediate pilot I enjoy watching the videos and learning more about the new planes. The Aero Scout is it awesome Trainer as well as a intermediate RC airplane. Thanks Kyle for interesting and informative videos!
Thanks HH for Amazing Aircraft for us to Fly!

[kameronouellet]

I bought an apprentice a while back and sadly I crashed on the third flight. went over some trees and I lost sight. after a couple years I was riding my ATV out in the woods and I decided to stop and sit back for a bit to enjoy the nature. I look up and low and behold, there it is, up in a tree. it was weird because it was so big that i thought it was real 😂

[MISmooth]

i bought an aeroscout for my first plane and it is AWESOME!!!! my first flight i was so nervous but between the people at the club i joined and my instructor i didn't even have to use SAFE...they walked me made fun of me after my instructor took off and had some fun with a plane he never made fun of me because of my shaky hands lol....but by the end of the day they were giving me a stand O for taking off and landing...and this was without But i also did my research like i did when i started with RC Cars...the more you research and understand what you are getting into the better off you IS

[kahmed]

I’m a HUGE fan of the Aeroscout. Best trainer I’ve ever flown. Couldn’t recommend it enough. The pusher prop is the key. Also the Aeroscout is super aerobatic.

[thelongestday]

Both planes are super for beinners. Start with the AeroScout and then move onto the Apprentice. @horizon hobby please continue to make wings that attach as easily as in the AeroScout to the fuselage! It is GREAT! Like this more people can buy, STORE, TRANSPORT and fly bigger planes!!! Great system!

[zackm]

I bought the F15 jet as an impulse purchase but haven’t really used any flying RCs. Should I pick something like these up to practice first?

[jondoe]

I am just recently getting into rc planes. I always wanted one when I was young. Well I bought my first plane. Eachine mini mustang p-51. I got to say I am so glad I did! It is so fun, and now I am hooked!!! I will be getting the aeroscout very soon.What a steal at that price!!

[badcompany]

I bought an apprentice RTF early model, no safe tech came with a spektum 6 . I paid 225.00 (hobby store) not online. I changed the foam wheels it came with for some random of the self oversized ones. It really helped with rough terrain Take offs and landings. This plane allowed me to teach myself to fly, it wants to fly..perhaps its only draw back is it quickly brought my skill to a level that requires a lower wing to enjoy...GOOD STUFF!

[jimholmes]

Thank you, But I have a question. I live in an alpine meadow of 7, 800 feet Above Sea Level, How well do these planes fly at 8, 000 feet?

[cadillacescalade]

I own them both I love the Areoscout I'm teaching my son with it. A great plane I can leave it together in my trunk. I love the Apprentice also a great plane. Thank yaw for offering these awesome planes....also I love the fact that the Areoscout is a pusher plane.

[schrodingersdogjack]

As someone who is new to the hobby, we are likely hearing a lot of new and unfamiliar terminology and acronyms, RTF, BNF, PNP, AS3X... WTF?... Do you have a video that walks (or flies) us Newbs through the fog of all that is clouding up our taking off in Aero RCing? (ok, enough puns) This would be a big help for us to understand what a lot of the videos are referencing. And a big thank you, in advance! I've been wanting to get into the hobby for years and I recently bought (and crashed) the Aero Scout 2 S, twice on the first day. I just got my replacement props in the mail and I'm waiting for the replacement servo to implant back into the wing. Thanks again! Great videos!

[dab]

My opinion, I am not familiar with the Aeroscout but I do like the Apprentice. Is perhaps a bit too easy to fly but gets the student in the air fairly quick. What I don't like is that radio that comes with the RTF version. Can't make any changes to the settings without an optional programming cable, Rather go for the BNF & get a better transmitter.

[shaynechild]

I just got me the Aero scout! And I am so excited to fly it!

[FredAllen]

I am very interested in learning to fly and want to start soon.

[beamerfashion]

I got the F 15 eagle as a starter planned because it was cheap and, telling by the videos easy to fly with safe

[whiemp]

My plane total weight is 2.2kg and wingspan is 70 inches. Which motor and prop should i use? Max. Wing load is 12oz/square feet.

[geminiman]

Which is better apprentice s2 or carbon cub or aeroscout?

[dazspurs]

I went for the aero scout looking forward to the maiden tomorrow

[GrotrianSeiler]

These are great videos. So much good info. Excellent.

[wardvanaerde]

Well i know im pretty late to comment but:
I am looking to try an rc plane but i dont really have a place where im 100% sure i can fly it according to place (space) and laws, i dont really know how much space you need for this kinda stuff. Is a football/soccer field big enough?

And how much do these 2 planes cost? (With the starter set with everything included)