Maiden Flight of My New HobbyZone Sport Cub S 2 RTF!

Maiden Flight of My New HobbyZone Sport Cub S 2 RTF!

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In this video I fly the HobbyZone Sport Cub S 2.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE I JUST GOT HERE PATREON FAMILY!!
David Chenzoff
Kevin Trappen
Anthony May
Wayne Grimstead
Dustin Kremer
Eugene Casiere

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[chrisboone]

I have three of those. Two of them are still airworthy, one is a hangar queen. I won one of them in a contest Nate and Abbey did a couple years ago. All of them bear various levels of battle scars that tell the viewer I used them as my main trainers here at my house. Trees, buildings, streets, oh my! :)

[A.M.-RC]

This is what I recommend to anyone looking to get into flying, probably the cheapest rtf hobby grade plane.
Make sure you bind it to your bigger transmitters, these tiny ones are not full range, almost lost my Champ with one when wind took it away it just lost signal.

[dennisthomas]

I purchased my cub at a swap meet for $30 but there was no battery or transmitter. To get it in the air I bought a couple of S1 250ma batteries then bound the Cub up to my NX8 and the fun began. Great little flyer, super fun and like you said it glides very nice.

[jcb]

great value and nice flyer ! The Tx light goes from green to yellow to red as the flight battery gets low...The Tx will alarm and LED flashes when Tx batteries are low...it's in the Manual 🙂 have a good one...the Red switch is a panic recovery toggle...

[BillKisel]

This is the plane I basically learned on about 3+ years ago. If I remember correctly that green light will turn yellow and then red when the battery is approaching and turning low. The motor will also pulse when you reach low voltage. Pushing down on, I believe, the right stick will give you low rates (and the center light will be flashing). The plane is easily mechanically trimmed by pinching or expanding on the control rod "U" bend. Once trimmed the plane will land itself just by cutting throttle and getting off the sticks.
One big negative... unless they've upgraded the motor you'll likely be replacing the brushed motor every 50 flights or so. Fortunately, they're cheap enough and relatively easy to change.

[michaelwarren]

The transmitter light will change color when the battery gets low. Great little plane. I'm on my second one. I have flown way nicer planes, but I always love flying the sport cub. Bind it to your ix to get voltage telemetry.

[markduckworth]

Very respectable little plane and great for beginners. Both my boys trained on a Sport Cub S2.

[rickbachman]

Thanks Gary. I bought a v1 a few years ago. Haven’t had much time or a good area to make my mistakes 😁. Soon I hope to though. ✌🏻

[Aviator]

Thanks for this video I’m looking into the hobby and this is the plane I have been looking at.

[SlowFlyer]

Gary what happen did you leave your Big plane out in the rain and then put it in the dryer and it shrunk? LOL I had the same plane and binded it to my NX6 about a year ago and it was a fun little trainer. Good Video as always!

[robc]

Try binding it to one of your better transmitters for even more fun - rates and expo!

[lylekehrer]

Well if it was windy, it wouldn't be as easy I always wait for very little - as light as it is. Can't remember but I think the light turns a ? blue. I enjoy flying mine

[rafaeltorres]

I have the much older version with FPV.