The FMS 1300mm (51.2") PA-18 Super Cub RTF is a response to pilot requests for a smaller, highly portable version of its popular 1700mm sibling, while retaining excellent stability and control. Faithfully replicating the iconic two-seat, single-engine monoplane, this airplane embodies the spirit of bush flying. Its high-lift airfoil, functional flaps, rugged landing gear, and oversized pneumatic rubber tyres give it impressive short take-off and landing (STOL) performance, allowing it to operate from virtually any terrain, including rough fields.This Super Cub comes as a complete Ready-To-Fly package, including the transmitter, receiver, battery, and charger, meaning everything you need to get airborne is right in the box. It's equipped with a high-output power system featuring a quality-crafted 3536-KV850 motor and a Predator 40A ESC with a reversing function for added convenience on ground or water. Assembly is quick and easy, with screw-together components that allow the entire airplane to be built or disassembled in just minutes. Its two-section fuselage and two-piece wing design greatly facilitate transportation and storage, making it easy to hide in a car boot, ready for spontaneous flights. For those seeking a genuine bush-plane experience, the PA-18 Super Cub can also be equipped with optional floats for water take-offs and landings.
The FMS 1300mm (51.2") PA-18 Super Cub RTF is a response to pilot requests for a smaller, highly portable version of its popular 1700mm sibling, while retaining excellent stability and control. Faithfully replicating the iconic two-seat, single-engine monoplane, this airplane embodies the spirit of bush flying. Its high-lift airfoil, functional flaps, rugged landing gear, and oversized pneumatic rubber tyres give it impressive short take-off and landing (STOL) performance, allowing it to operate from virtually any terrain, including rough fields.This Super Cub comes as a complete Ready-To-Fly package, including the transmitter, receiver, battery, and charger, meaning everything you need to get airborne is right in the box. It's equipped with a high-output power system featuring a quality-crafted 3536-KV850 motor and a Predator 40A ESC with a reversing function for added convenience on ground or water. Assembly is quick and easy, with screw-together components that allow the entire airplane to be built or disassembled in just minutes. Its two-section fuselage and two-piece wing design greatly facilitate transportation and storage, making it easy to hide in a car boot, ready for spontaneous flights. For those seeking a genuine bush-plane experience, the PA-18 Super Cub can also be equipped with optional floats for water take-offs and landings.
The FMS 1300mm (51.2") PA-18 Super Cub RTF is a response to pilot requests for a smaller, highly portable version of its popular 1700mm sibling, while retaining excellent stability and control. Faithfully replicating the iconic two-seat, single-engine monoplane, this airplane embodies the spirit of bush flying. Its high-lift airfoil, functional flaps, rugged landing gear, and oversized pneumatic rubber tyres give it impressive short take-off and landing (STOL) performance, allowing it to operate from virtually any terrain, including rough fields.This Super Cub comes as a complete Ready-To-Fly package, including the transmitter, receiver, battery, and charger, meaning everything you need to get airborne is right in the box. It's equipped with a high-output power system featuring a quality-crafted 3536-KV850 motor and a Predator 40A ESC with a reversing function for added convenience on ground or water. Assembly is quick and easy, with screw-together components that allow the entire airplane to be built or disassembled in just minutes. Its two-section fuselage and two-piece wing design greatly facilitate transportation and storage, making it easy to hide in a car boot, ready for spontaneous flights. For those seeking a genuine bush-plane experience, the PA-18 Super Cub can also be equipped with optional floats for water take-offs and landings.
The FMS 1300mm (51.2") PA-18 Super Cub RTF is a response to pilot requests for a smaller, highly portable version of its popular 1700mm sibling, while retaining excellent stability and control. Faithfully replicating the iconic two-seat, single-engine monoplane, this airplane embodies the spirit of bush flying. Its high-lift airfoil, functional flaps, rugged landing gear, and oversized pneumatic rubber tyres give it impressive short take-off and landing (STOL) performance, allowing it to operate from virtually any terrain, including rough fields.This Super Cub comes as a complete Ready-To-Fly package, including the transmitter, receiver, battery, and charger, meaning everything you need to get airborne is right in the box. It's equipped with a high-output power system featuring a quality-crafted 3536-KV850 motor and a Predator 40A ESC with a reversing function for added convenience on ground or water. Assembly is quick and easy, with screw-together components that allow the entire airplane to be built or disassembled in just minutes. Its two-section fuselage and two-piece wing design greatly facilitate transportation and storage, making it easy to hide in a car boot, ready for spontaneous flights. For those seeking a genuine bush-plane experience, the PA-18 Super Cub can also be equipped with optional floats for water take-offs and landings.
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I see people over and over put bad reviews on perfectly awsome planes because "the reflex came loose" or "the control ball links came loose" or something else that could have been avoided if they would have checked things prior to flying it.I've said it a hundred times. PRE FLIGHT CHECK. Even out of the box, you need to do a check of all components. Tightness of screws. From the control ball links to the motor mounted screws. You need to tug on control horns and even the reflex unit if pre installed to make sure all is secure. Sometimes the double sided tape used can come loose, it's common sense. Should you have to do this, no, maybe not, but you should. And you should do it before every flight. If I have a reflex unit in any of mine, out of the box, I take it ... MoreI see people over and over put bad reviews on perfectly awsome planes because "the reflex came loose" or "the control ball links came loose" or something else that could have been avoided if they would have checked things prior to flying it.I've said it a hundred times. PRE FLIGHT CHECK. Even out of the box, you need to do a check of all components. Tightness of screws. From the control ball links to the motor mounted screws. You need to tug on control horns and even the reflex unit if pre installed to make sure all is secure. Sometimes the double sided tape used can come loose, it's common sense. Should you have to do this, no, maybe not, but you should. And you should do it before every flight. If I have a reflex unit in any of mine, out of the box, I take it out, take the double sided tape off and hot glue the reflex back in. This is only piece of mind that now I know that the hot glue will hold it much better than tape. Same with the little screws holding the ball links to the control horns. I always replace thise with 1mm bolts and nylon nuts. These little screws can work loose over time, and if your not doing any pre flight checks then it's on you if you loose the plane. I'm not trying to be rude, but anyone that's been in the hobby as long as I have will say the same thing. Pre flight checks. Or even check things right out of the box.Now onto the review of this nice high wing plane.It goes together very quick. The scheme is awsome and the nice big landing gear handles great in grass. It is a great flyer and or trainer for the beginner with help from an experianced flyer. I have had this plane for months and have over 100 flights on it with ZERO issues. It is one that you take out when you want a relaxing day of flying, but has enough power to do some mild maneuvers too.
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This isn't my first plane, but I still consider myself a beginner in the RC airplane space. This plane is built well, sturdy and most importantly, it flies really good. Other planes I've had don't even compare to this one. I love how you can take off and land in long grass. I mean, grass that the prop cuts as you're taking off. It's no problem for it. The plane is a good size for me. A light wind doesn't bother it too much. The only downsides to this plane would be the following:It doesn't come apart for travel very easily. You need tools to remove several screws. This just spells disaster with the time it would take and also potentially losing screws when you get to the part or hobby airport.The other thing is the battery tray. Any abrupt movement during taxiing ... MoreThis isn't my first plane, but I still consider myself a beginner in the RC airplane space. This plane is built well, sturdy and most importantly, it flies really good. Other planes I've had don't even compare to this one. I love how you can take off and land in long grass. I mean, grass that the prop cuts as you're taking off. It's no problem for it. The plane is a good size for me. A light wind doesn't bother it too much. The only downsides to this plane would be the following:It doesn't come apart for travel very easily. You need tools to remove several screws. This just spells disaster with the time it would take and also potentially losing screws when you get to the part or hobby airport.The other thing is the battery tray. Any abrupt movement during taxiing or flight and the battery can easily shift, causing the CG to move making it tricky to maintain steady flight. I'm a handy person, so I'll be making a mod to my plane to create a perfect position for the battery instead of a slippery straps that it comes with.
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This is just a huge nightmare. First off, tried to order the ready to fly and somehow got the PnP. Whatever, ordered a remote and receiver. From there, I couldn’t get anything to work right. I had to rip the little red box out of the plane so I could wire things correctly since they have no instructions or diagrams of the wiring. I got tired of messing with it, so it went in the trash and I just wired the receiver traditionally and that almost got things working. The engine was still running backwards. So then I have to destroy the decals to get the cowl off just to find that they had wired the motor backwards from the factory. Apparently quality control is something that FMS doesn’t care about. Well, getting rid of the worthless red box, it was stuck to the wood so ... MoreThis is just a huge nightmare. First off, tried to order the ready to fly and somehow got the PnP. Whatever, ordered a remote and receiver. From there, I couldn’t get anything to work right. I had to rip the little red box out of the plane so I could wire things correctly since they have no instructions or diagrams of the wiring. I got tired of messing with it, so it went in the trash and I just wired the receiver traditionally and that almost got things working. The engine was still running backwards. So then I have to destroy the decals to get the cowl off just to find that they had wired the motor backwards from the factory. Apparently quality control is something that FMS doesn’t care about. Well, getting rid of the worthless red box, it was stuck to the wood so well that it ripped that up. And, because of horrible designs, it’s all stuffed up inside the plane with no access so you can’t fix anything. So, this entire $350+ misadventure just went in the trash. It never functioned long enough to even try to fly. All I can say is stick with another brand because this one isn’t any good. Then we get to the customer service. For some reason, when I made the mistake of ordering from this company, they decided to add in free gifts. A flat bill hat and a keychain. Well, for some reason, they ship from China. I do not accept shipments from China, and I don’t want that junk anyways, so I messaged to ask them not to send that. Someone responded and seemed to not understand English. They haven’t responded since or taken corrective action. Just please don’t send me trash I don’t want. But, trash is all this company sent me. Just give me my money back so I can move on from this horrible experience.
| Wingspan | 1300mm /51.2in |
| Overall Length | 986mm /38.8in |
| Flying Weight | Around 1450g |
| Motor Size | 3536-KV850 |
| ESC | 40A |
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I see people over and over put bad reviews on perfectly awsome planes because "the reflex came loose" or "the control ball links came loose" or something else that could have been avoided if they would have checked things prior to flying it.I've said it a hundred times. PRE FLIGHT CHECK. Even out of the box, you need to do a check of all components. Tightness of screws. From the control ball links to the motor mounted screws. You need to tug on control horns and even the reflex unit if pre installed to make sure all is secure. Sometimes the double sided tape used can come loose, it's common sense. Should you have to do this, no, maybe not, but you should. And you should do it before every flight. If I have a reflex unit in any of mine, out of the box, I take it ... MoreI see people over and over put bad reviews on perfectly awsome planes because "the reflex came loose" or "the control ball links came loose" or something else that could have been avoided if they would have checked things prior to flying it.I've said it a hundred times. PRE FLIGHT CHECK. Even out of the box, you need to do a check of all components. Tightness of screws. From the control ball links to the motor mounted screws. You need to tug on control horns and even the reflex unit if pre installed to make sure all is secure. Sometimes the double sided tape used can come loose, it's common sense. Should you have to do this, no, maybe not, but you should. And you should do it before every flight. If I have a reflex unit in any of mine, out of the box, I take it out, take the double sided tape off and hot glue the reflex back in. This is only piece of mind that now I know that the hot glue will hold it much better than tape. Same with the little screws holding the ball links to the control horns. I always replace thise with 1mm bolts and nylon nuts. These little screws can work loose over time, and if your not doing any pre flight checks then it's on you if you loose the plane. I'm not trying to be rude, but anyone that's been in the hobby as long as I have will say the same thing. Pre flight checks. Or even check things right out of the box.Now onto the review of this nice high wing plane.It goes together very quick. The scheme is awsome and the nice big landing gear handles great in grass. It is a great flyer and or trainer for the beginner with help from an experianced flyer. I have had this plane for months and have over 100 flights on it with ZERO issues. It is one that you take out when you want a relaxing day of flying, but has enough power to do some mild maneuvers too.
This isn't my first plane, but I still consider myself a beginner in the RC airplane space. This plane is built well, sturdy and most importantly, it flies really good. Other planes I've had don't even compare to this one. I love how you can take off and land in long grass. I mean, grass that the prop cuts as you're taking off. It's no problem for it. The plane is a good size for me. A light wind doesn't bother it too much. The only downsides to this plane would be the following:It doesn't come apart for travel very easily. You need tools to remove several screws. This just spells disaster with the time it would take and also potentially losing screws when you get to the part or hobby airport.The other thing is the battery tray. Any abrupt movement during taxiing ... MoreThis isn't my first plane, but I still consider myself a beginner in the RC airplane space. This plane is built well, sturdy and most importantly, it flies really good. Other planes I've had don't even compare to this one. I love how you can take off and land in long grass. I mean, grass that the prop cuts as you're taking off. It's no problem for it. The plane is a good size for me. A light wind doesn't bother it too much. The only downsides to this plane would be the following:It doesn't come apart for travel very easily. You need tools to remove several screws. This just spells disaster with the time it would take and also potentially losing screws when you get to the part or hobby airport.The other thing is the battery tray. Any abrupt movement during taxiing or flight and the battery can easily shift, causing the CG to move making it tricky to maintain steady flight. I'm a handy person, so I'll be making a mod to my plane to create a perfect position for the battery instead of a slippery straps that it comes with.
This is just a huge nightmare. First off, tried to order the ready to fly and somehow got the PnP. Whatever, ordered a remote and receiver. From there, I couldn’t get anything to work right. I had to rip the little red box out of the plane so I could wire things correctly since they have no instructions or diagrams of the wiring. I got tired of messing with it, so it went in the trash and I just wired the receiver traditionally and that almost got things working. The engine was still running backwards. So then I have to destroy the decals to get the cowl off just to find that they had wired the motor backwards from the factory. Apparently quality control is something that FMS doesn’t care about. Well, getting rid of the worthless red box, it was stuck to the wood so ... MoreThis is just a huge nightmare. First off, tried to order the ready to fly and somehow got the PnP. Whatever, ordered a remote and receiver. From there, I couldn’t get anything to work right. I had to rip the little red box out of the plane so I could wire things correctly since they have no instructions or diagrams of the wiring. I got tired of messing with it, so it went in the trash and I just wired the receiver traditionally and that almost got things working. The engine was still running backwards. So then I have to destroy the decals to get the cowl off just to find that they had wired the motor backwards from the factory. Apparently quality control is something that FMS doesn’t care about. Well, getting rid of the worthless red box, it was stuck to the wood so well that it ripped that up. And, because of horrible designs, it’s all stuffed up inside the plane with no access so you can’t fix anything. So, this entire $350+ misadventure just went in the trash. It never functioned long enough to even try to fly. All I can say is stick with another brand because this one isn’t any good. Then we get to the customer service. For some reason, when I made the mistake of ordering from this company, they decided to add in free gifts. A flat bill hat and a keychain. Well, for some reason, they ship from China. I do not accept shipments from China, and I don’t want that junk anyways, so I messaged to ask them not to send that. Someone responded and seemed to not understand English. They haven’t responded since or taken corrective action. Just please don’t send me trash I don’t want. But, trash is all this company sent me. Just give me my money back so I can move on from this horrible experience.
Craftsmanship is excellent and it went together very easily and as expected. I had only solo’ed 3 times and that was 8 years ago on a different glow plane and have not flown since. Wanted to get back into the hobby and relearn how to fly. This plane has been perfect for me. I have flown it now 12 times in the last 2 weeks and am already taking off, flying and landing in optimized mode, or minimal gyro mode. I have even done some rolls and loops! It’s a very forgiving plane especially with landings. It can take a ruff or hard landing with no problem, which has only happened 2 times for me. This is a great plane to learn on, but also is very nimble and agile so it will never get boring. I love this plane!!
I got the RTF version. I totally recommend this plane, BUT the instructions for the wiring set up are lacking…very vague and I had to go to YouTube to figure it out. The pictures were not good in the instructions. Flew it first time and found out 2 things….if you turn the controller off first after you land the plane, it might go FULL THROTTLE….what? Also, if you flip a certain switch on your controller it might get cross controls… I inadvertently flipped one of the 6 small switches on the center of the controller and all of the sudden had full left aileron + full up elevator and full right aileron came with full down elevator….That was a hard one to figure out in flight….but I saved it and we're all good now. My biggest beef is with the instructions and the wiring ... MoreI got the RTF version. I totally recommend this plane, BUT the instructions for the wiring set up are lacking…very vague and I had to go to YouTube to figure it out. The pictures were not good in the instructions. Flew it first time and found out 2 things….if you turn the controller off first after you land the plane, it might go FULL THROTTLE….what? Also, if you flip a certain switch on your controller it might get cross controls… I inadvertently flipped one of the 6 small switches on the center of the controller and all of the sudden had full left aileron + full up elevator and full right aileron came with full down elevator….That was a hard one to figure out in flight….but I saved it and we're all good now. My biggest beef is with the instructions and the wiring and the full throttle surprise. I don't see any warnings about this in the instructions. I may have missed it though. As for the plane I love it. Flies great and is a ton of fun to play a round with. The pneumatic tires are a great feature as well.
So as I set hear and read the comments most of which are good. I’ve always been a fan of FMS. After watching multiple videos of Brian Phillips RC I purchased the famous FMS Ranger 1220mm and I must say what a phenomenal plane to purchase if you’re looking to get into the hobby. So the 1700mm Pa 18 is a beautiful bigger plane and a huge upgrade from the 1220mm Ranger. I pulled the trigger a few weeks back and purchased the 1700mm super cub plane. It came in fast and was pretty easy to assemble. I triple checked all my screws, connections and did multiple preflight checks. All was good loaded my FMS planes up and headed to the secret flying spot. Preformed several preflight inspections/checks and all was good. Upon several minutes into flight with several loops and ... MoreSo as I set hear and read the comments most of which are good. I’ve always been a fan of FMS. After watching multiple videos of Brian Phillips RC I purchased the famous FMS Ranger 1220mm and I must say what a phenomenal plane to purchase if you’re looking to get into the hobby. So the 1700mm Pa 18 is a beautiful bigger plane and a huge upgrade from the 1220mm Ranger. I pulled the trigger a few weeks back and purchased the 1700mm super cub plane. It came in fast and was pretty easy to assemble. I triple checked all my screws, connections and did multiple preflight checks. All was good loaded my FMS planes up and headed to the secret flying spot. Preformed several preflight inspections/checks and all was good. Upon several minutes into flight with several loops and rolls I brought the plane around to land and it just lost all communication with my transmitter nosedived from one hundred plus feet. I was devastated and proceeded the walk of shame to pick up the pieces. I reached out to FMS to see if they could help me make sense of what happened. I sent them photos and a video via email and as always they were quick to respond. Three days later my new plane arrived on the porch. They made the warranty process easy and was extremely quick on sending me and new replacement plane. I’ll always support FMS because if something fails I Guarantee they’ll make it right. FLY FMS I PROMISE YOU WONT BE DISAPPOINTED!!!
I watched over six YouTube video reviews of this very well-designed Super Cub, but only one of the reviewers showed his difficulty in getting the two screws installed to attach the tail section to the main fuselage assembly. And in doing so, was frustrated, and wary of stripping the screw threads because the 'concentric hole alignment' of the embedded nut of the tail assembly was not occurring with the screw hole of the plastic housing provided with the mating main fuselage assembly.My solution: To start with, you need a long hex screwdriver, which instead of using it to tighten the inserted screw, you skip the screw insertion and use the tip 'to leverage' the imbedded nut of the tail section 'forward enough' to get the needed concentric alignment. In doing so, a ... MoreI watched over six YouTube video reviews of this very well-designed Super Cub, but only one of the reviewers showed his difficulty in getting the two screws installed to attach the tail section to the main fuselage assembly. And in doing so, was frustrated, and wary of stripping the screw threads because the 'concentric hole alignment' of the embedded nut of the tail assembly was not occurring with the screw hole of the plastic housing provided with the mating main fuselage assembly.My solution: To start with, you need a long hex screwdriver, which instead of using it to tighten the inserted screw, you skip the screw insertion and use the tip 'to leverage' the imbedded nut of the tail section 'forward enough' to get the needed concentric alignment. In doing so, a slight amount of compression of the soft foam 'mating walls' of both fuselage sections occurs, and no need to try and cut away some of foam of the mating wall material, which can mar the looks of the mating lines.And to start, do the following on a workbench or table and once inserted, firmly hold the tail in place with one hand from underneath, with the nose of the main fuselage being pushed down into a living room pillow, And note that there is enough clearance to slightly lift-up the tail from underneath to gain enough of the embedded nut's hole exposed, when looking down into the main's screw hole. And at the same time, gently working the hex tip forward to pass through the hole and stopping any further forced insertion at this point. And one will find that the tip is stopped by the foam underneath.Then, gently work the embedded nut hole forward until both main and=d tail hole alignments occur. And in withdrawing the tip totally to check it out, one may find the process has to be repeated, And surprisingly, the tail stays in place to now drop in the screw, and turn, and turn, till tightened. And now at this point, back off at least one whole turn, or bit more, to allow the bottom screw to be inserted in the same way. Then go back and forth, top and bottom, to get equal tensioning.And that's it! And in so doing, one may find another variation, like having another assist you in doing it.
This is my first plane of this size. I have previously flown the 400mm warbirds but realized I needed to get a larger plane to truly learn to fly. The small ones pretty much fly themselves and are nearly impossible to fly without the gyro. I saw the pa-18 1300mm and was really impressed with all of the features that usually were available only on models in a higher price range. Initially I was considering the umx turbo timber. After some investigation realized that I couldn't use my current transmitter/reciever as it was integrated into the electronics and would have to purchase a spectrum transmitter at $150 plus $160 for the really small model. I thought if I'm going to spend that much I might as well get one without being forced to use a particularly expensive ... MoreThis is my first plane of this size. I have previously flown the 400mm warbirds but realized I needed to get a larger plane to truly learn to fly. The small ones pretty much fly themselves and are nearly impossible to fly without the gyro. I saw the pa-18 1300mm and was really impressed with all of the features that usually were available only on models in a higher price range. Initially I was considering the umx turbo timber. After some investigation realized that I couldn't use my current transmitter/reciever as it was integrated into the electronics and would have to purchase a spectrum transmitter at $150 plus $160 for the really small model. I thought if I'm going to spend that much I might as well get one without being forced to use a particularly expensive radio with very basic functions. So I got a Radiolink 8ch with reciever for $50. Which is capable of controlling all the functions of the pa-18. This plane is hands down the most bang for the buck available. I've had mine for a few months now and I can say it flies amazingly. I am still a beginner and the plane has crashed several times due to my inexperience. Each time I was able repair any damage and was back in the air the next day. I've hit light poles and a chain link fence at high speed along with some very hard landings (recommend adding a third spring to the landing gear between the tires) did some considerable damage to the main body that would have totally destroyed any other plane. Every time I've managed to glue or tape it back in shape easily. I've gone through a few props a couple motor shafts and a wing strut. All of which are pretty reasonably priced. I ordered a set of wing struts that arrived broken but FMS was great and quickly sent replacements. Overall I am extremely happy with my purchase and would definitely recommend this plane. I will be buying a second one eventually. I gave it 4 stars because of an incident when I was trying to land where it suddenly started continuously looping in a very tight pattern. I had no elevator control and was only able to make it stop by using aileron. Of course I quickly landed and inspected everything looking for what caused it to happen. I could not find anything wrong and have had no other issues since. I wonder if the reflex module could have been the problem? Could have been just a glitch. I don't know but I'll definitely be careful of where I fly. My new motor shaft should be here today. I hope so I'm dying to get back in the air!!!!
The Amazing FMS PNP 1300MM Piper PA-18 Super Cub is most definitely a STOL Airplane that you grow with, or just have a lot of fun with the Piper if you are an experienced Flyer. Assembling the Airplane is easy with the supplied Instruction Manual and FMS Website Material. The New Reflex V3 Can be adjusted in the Field using the FMS APP on your Smart Phone - That is Super Cool!If you are Assembling the PNP Version make sure that you plug the Reflex wires into the correct Output Pins on your Receiver - The Relex V3 doesn't care if your transmitter is Setup for (TAER) Throttle -> Ail-> Elev -> Rudder or (AETR) Ail -> Ele -> Throttle-> Rudder or anything else as long as the Reflex V3 Input Cables connect to the Correct Receiver Outputs if that makes Sense? Yep -> You ... MoreThe Amazing FMS PNP 1300MM Piper PA-18 Super Cub is most definitely a STOL Airplane that you grow with, or just have a lot of fun with the Piper if you are an experienced Flyer. Assembling the Airplane is easy with the supplied Instruction Manual and FMS Website Material. The New Reflex V3 Can be adjusted in the Field using the FMS APP on your Smart Phone - That is Super Cool!If you are Assembling the PNP Version make sure that you plug the Reflex wires into the correct Output Pins on your Receiver - The Relex V3 doesn't care if your transmitter is Setup for (TAER) Throttle -> Ail-> Elev -> Rudder or (AETR) Ail -> Ele -> Throttle-> Rudder or anything else as long as the Reflex V3 Input Cables connect to the Correct Receiver Outputs if that makes Sense? Yep -> You know it! I missed this Step in the Instructions. I Quickly realized my mistake while testing the Control Surfaces :P Keep in Mind I am Not Flying S-Bus or PPM, Flyers Using These Two Protocols May Need to Disregard the Above Findings.I am flying the Stock 11X6 Electric Propeller most of the time. The FMS 1300mm Piper really shows her Oats with a Master Airscrew Classic 12X5.5 or 12X6 Electric Propeller on it. I ordered the 1300mm Version of the FMS Piper so that I could fit the Airplane in the back of my car without disassembling the Airplane for travel to and from the Field. Amazing!The FMS 1300mm Piper PA-18 Super Cub is a Joy to Fly! FMS Really came through with their Pricing for this Airplane Set - There is a Whole lot of Bang for your Buck with the the Piper PA-18 Super Cub Set. This is my First Purchase from FMS, I will be looking to FMS First in the Future. Enjoy!
I gave it 4 stars because they will probably take this review down!the first time I flew the plane it was a nice flying plane but as others have said the reflex came loose without my knowledge and slammed into an iron statue! the good thing is it survived! fix that problem.then I ordered floats they came in wrong sent them back after a long wait! be patient the say that's an understatement ... finely got a new set of floats wrong again! but i did some research and found that it was one wire and the hold downs that were wrong . many emails sent picture short videos and no help no refund shame on this co. I will never buy from this co again sooooo frustrated! stick with horizon hobby or others!!!
| Wingspan | 1300mm /51.2in |
| Overall Length | 986mm /38.8in |
| Flying Weight | Around 1450g |
| Motor Size | 3536-KV850 |
| ESC | 40A |
