Megatech Freedom Flyer Vs. Hobbyzone Aerobird Extreme

Megatech products have a very poor reputation!

The Multiplex EasyStar RTF is an very durable beginner airplane.

Megatech products can be so so sometimes.......I bought the Airstrike and had prblems with it. But, the Freedom Flyer and the Airstrike are almost similar and after I got the Airstrike working , it is a stable flyer. Honestly, I would not advise it. Horizon/ Hobbbyzone products are much better and the aerobird is a good plane. But a problem you may face is upgrading, you cannot aswap out componets to another plane in the future. A much better solution is to get a GWS Slow Stick, E- Starter, Great Planes electric ARF's, or Hobby Lobby planes. You could get a starter package ( 4ch transmitter, battery, plane, and charger) for around the $150 price range. This way in the future you can swap out your r/c gear ( servos, receiver, esc ) to another plane.

OBTW.......Never go by looks as a selling factor, it counts more on how well it flys so looks are not every thing. I had to rip out the circut board and install my own r/c gear, after that it flew great. Check out the reputation for each model. Honestly I would highly recomend the GWS Slow Stick.

Mike

so overall people are advising against megatech. How sturdy are they. Whats comparable to the freedom flyer (4 channel) something I wont have to upgrade after a month. Luke

| The freedom flyer is 114.00 and aerobird is 179.00. Im looking for | opinions as to which one, to choose.

Never seen the Freedom Flyer.

The Aerobird Extreme has an awful name, but flies remarkably well -- it's quite aerobatic (nearly as aerobatic as a throttle/rudder/elevator plane can be, anyways) and has plenty of power -- very different from the rest of the planes with similar shapes.

It might be a bit much for a beginner.

| Obviously I like the looks of the freedom flyer as it resembles a | traditonal plane.

Hopefully you'll get over that prejudice soon enough :)

I just took a look at the Freedom Flyer. It comes with standard r/c equipment which is a good thing. It is almost identical in shape to my Airstrike.........it should fly darn good. I would buy it and try it, would be far better then the Firebird because it comes with r/c equipment you can remove and install in other planes, the Firebird you cannot do this. Just check to make sure that the transmitter that comes with the Freedom Flyer is on a FM 72 frequency.

Mike

Not only that, but it thermals pretty darned well too. Got mine scooped up in The Mother Of All Thermals on Saturday. Specked the thing and brought it back home in one piece 25 minutes later. Even skipped it off the top wire of the fence on the way in

The only thing I dislike about the EZ * is its 'beginner' moniker. But it sure is nice to just swap batteries and toss it into the air again with no repair time after a less than perfect landing.

Bull puckey.

A. All Aerobirds have plenty of power, for what they're designed to do. If yours doesn't/didn't, that only means there was a problem with yours, not the entire line.

B. An Aerobird Extreme is just fine for a beginner. In fact, it's the best flying of the Aerobird series. If yours doesn't/didn't fly well, that only means there was a problem with yours, not the entire production run.

| Bull puckey.

I suspect that you didn't properly understand my feelings on the Aerobird Extreme. Let me put it here again for you :

The Aerobird Extreme has an awful name, but flies remarkably well -- it's quite aerobatic (nearly as aerobatic as a throttle/rudder/elevator plane can be, anyways) and has plenty of power -- very different from the rest of the planes with similar shapes. ... It might be a bit much for a beginner.

| A. All Aerobirds have plenty of power, for what they're designed to do. | If yours doesn't/didn't, that only means there was a problem with | yours, not the entire line.

Also, I wasn't so much comparing it to other Aerobirds (which I have not flown) -- I was comparing it to `the rest of the planes with similar shapes' -- and there's a lot of those. Some (like the AE) fly well. Many of the others, especially the two channel (rudder/throttle and especially the left throttle/right throttle) ones, fly like ass.

| B. An Aerobird Extreme is just fine for a beginner. In fact, it's the | best flying of the Aerobird series. If yours doesn't/didn't fly well, | that only means there was a problem with yours, not the entire | production run.

Generally when one says something is `quite aerobatic', they're also saying it flies well. Just so there's no confusion, the one I saw flown flew well.

However, it also flew fast, and had lots of control authority. Beginners tend to move the sticks too much, and I can see where the AE would get somebody in trouble very quickly. Usually aerobatic is not a good thing for a beginner, and flying fast definately isn't.

For a beginner, I'd prefer a larger wing on the AE so it can fly slower and not be quite so responsive. Due to the responsiveness and the speed, I stand by my statement of `It might be a bit much for a beginner'.

Note that I did not say `it's absolutely too much for a beginner' -- only that it _might_ be a _bit_ much ...

Hopefully now you better understand my feelings on the matter.

We sell a lot of these Freedom Flyers from out website, out of the hundreds sold maybe two have been returned due to mfg defects/problems. They've sold so well for us we even contacted Venom and had a special battery made with more amps so it would fly a bit longer. From what i've been told by the people who've bought and flown them they are a great plane for beginers. Lots of them have purchased it for their kids to play with and not mess up their larger, more expensive plane. Not to mention we are the ones who sell it for $114.99, I belive you would be hard-pressed to find a better price. ;-)

Cheers!

Any idea when these will be available with a 72MHz radio with a buddy cord port?