So, I made the plunge and bought the one in the video above. Super Cub LP RTF. Bought it yesterday. RTF is supposed to be ready to fly. But, some assembly is required. I took it out of the box today to check parts and lay them out. I have some pics I'll do in a bit. The assembly is not bad. I took out the charging unit first to begin the charge. The charger is set up for the car but has an adapter unit so you can use it in the house. Instructions say two hour. Actual charge time was about 50 minutes. Blinking red light when charging and steady red light when fully charged. I had it one a piece of tile just for safety. It didn't heat up at all, though.
So, while the battery is charging, I layout the parts and assemble. Honestly, after I ID the parts and laid them out, assembly only took 15 minutes. Could probably do it in ten if I did it again. Parts=fuselage w/ all electronics aboard, wing, rudder, tail, fixed landing gear front and rear, heavy rubber bands to secure wing, all necessary screws and a small jewelers screwdriver. All the body parts are foam. The screws go into a thicker plastic to seat. You can easily tell when they bottom out. Included screwdriver is nice but not a good fit for the screws. I slipped off one and put a small gouge in the wing. I used one of my own jewelers screwdrivers to finish. Four heavy rubber bands secure the wing and there is plastic over the foam wing where the rubber bands wrap around. Tail assembly was easy push into place part and secure from bottom with two screws. Rear wheel easy pull and flip into place and front wheel carriage fits tightly into slot in front of battery area. Last thing to do at that point is attach push rods with clevis endings to elevator and rudder. Clevis is adjustable for better alignment of elevator and rudder for centering purposes. Transmitter came with batteries, so just pop them in. Turn the transmitter on before connecting battery. Not sure why but just following instructions. When through flying, disconnect battery first and then turn transmitter off. It's easy enough so no problem.
Once assembled, I decided to go to a paved parking lot and just practice maneuvering it around to get used to the controls. The transmitter has two sticks-up/down...left/right plus a trim switch for each. Trim switch is to fine tune the elevator and rudder so plane will go straight. Also, throttle slide switch, on/off switch, a push button that I don't have a clue what it is (will find out tomorrow) and a switch for the ACT. ACT stands for Anti-Crash Technology. Plane has a sensor on top and bottom of fuselage to sense ground and sky. Supposed to keep you from crashing by taking control and smoothing flight. From all the reviews I read, many are calling it Automatic Crash Technology. I left it switched off. The motor is powerful. I held it in my hand and applied 1/2 throttle and it delivers a huge back wash. I spent about 15 minutes steering it around on the pavement trying to get it to run straight by using the trim switch. Got close, but not perfect. I turned it around too quickly a few times making it tip up on one wing or the other. So, got some wing rash right there. I have the elevators slightly down without knowing it and did an accidental take off. It only rose 8-10 feet, but I wasn't ready for it and shut it down to try to just drop it back on the pavement. This worked good but it coasted into a curb and broke the front cowl. It's still OK to fly that way, but I'll get another one tomorrow. It's only about $3. At least I know how easy it is to get it in the air. You can hand launch this thing, too.
A CD and instruction manual came with the kit. I used both during assembly. There is an online manual that shows everything, as well here...
http://h1070145.hobbyshopnow.com/ProdInfo/Files/HBZ7300-Manual.pdf
I'll get some help from the hobby shop tomorrow and get this thing in the air, weather permitting.
