I've seen so many good reviews of this plane on youtube and as far as I can tell it's pretty much the same as the Bixler. Was thinking of getting one of these as my first plane to learn on, I think I should be able to pick it up pretty quickly with a plane like this and it has room for mods like FPV in the future as I progress. Any thoughts or tips or suggestions?
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Harley, I'll answer both this question, and the one you posted on the Kinetic 800 as well. This would be the better of the two to learn on for a few reasons.
First, the Kinetic will be a faster plane. The faster the plane, the harder to learn on because you don't have as much time to think about the corrections you'll need to make in flight.
Second, the Bixler, AXN, Wildhawk type planes have the propeller in the back. WHEN you nose it in, it doesn't break the prop. So as long as you didn't break foam, you can toss it right back in the air.
Third, the Bixler has a 1400 mm wingspan to the Kinetic's 800 mm. With a larger plane, you can see it easier, which is helpful if you accidentally fly it further from you than you intended.
Fourth, and last for now, the Bixler/AXN is much more upgradable than the Kinetic. With mods like FPV and Aerial Photography, it is something you can grow with.
First, the Kinetic will be a faster plane. The faster the plane, the harder to learn on because you don't have as much time to think about the corrections you'll need to make in flight.
Second, the Bixler, AXN, Wildhawk type planes have the propeller in the back. WHEN you nose it in, it doesn't break the prop. So as long as you didn't break foam, you can toss it right back in the air.
Third, the Bixler has a 1400 mm wingspan to the Kinetic's 800 mm. With a larger plane, you can see it easier, which is helpful if you accidentally fly it further from you than you intended.
Fourth, and last for now, the Bixler/AXN is much more upgradable than the Kinetic. With mods like FPV and Aerial Photography, it is something you can grow with.
this has been very helpful for me deciding where to spend my money.
Having flown the Wild Hawk I would echo all Monkey said. Just know though that not all of these airframe types come 4 channel. My wild Hawk for example was a 3 channel (throttle, rudder, elevator) flyer that I eventually converted (3 channel-throttle, aileron, elevator). Of all available, I would suggest one of the 4 channel flyers. You can get them RTF for a reasonable price.
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I have used up 2AXN's and found them easy to fly once I figured out to test toss them into the wind pre-flight and see what was what. Only problems I had were caused by me getting ahead of myself. Once I had the toss figured out it was easy to do it with about half throttle and slight up. Worked like a charm. Now all the gear from both are being re purposed for my Flite Test birds. Good luck.
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