E-flite RC Airplane UMX Radian BNF BasicTransmitter Battery and Charger Not Included with AS3X and Safe Select EFLU2950

If you have a transmitter, all you need besides this are a few cheap little batteries and a charger to fly it. It's very easy to fly (use SAFE mode if you're new to flying) and glides very well. It's more engaging, IMO, than the larger Night Radian that I found boring. And it's easy to grab and go have a little fun with for a while. Also light enough that you don't need to register it with the FAA, etc.It's a very simple little plane, a joy to fly and can be flown like a normal plane (but is limited to loops, no rolls because no ailerons), used to slope soar or even catch thermals -- The latter very impressive for a plane this small. It has a tiny little brushed motor but that's all it needs and climbs like a champ.Simple is good.These are made my E-Flite, a brand under the Horizon Hobby umbrella, but buy it here instead. I bought a different, more expensive model direct from Horizon Hobby when it first came out, with a faulty aileron servo after one flight, and they sent me a new servo and expected me to figure out how to install it (and provide my own servo glue) on a brand new plane instead of simply sending a new wing that I could install in a couple minutes. When I asked for the latter, they didn't even bother to reply.Rude.With Amazon, you just send it back for a replacement and don't have to deal with any of that foolishness. That said, this is such a simple plane that you're unlikely to run into any defects.

Good price for a very good plane. Fast shipping, good communication.

Love the quality of the glider. I have flown it no more than 10 minutes because I don't have telemetry on the voltage of the battery and it is difficult to test the left over power, but it flys very well. Only 3 channels available (motor speed, elevator and rudder). Sometimes simple is better.

I love these little planes for flying in the yard. I have 2 others but had to return this one due to a bad rudder servo that simply stopped working after a few days.Amazon is exchanging for me. Outstanding!

My favorite backyard flier. Beautifully responsive, looks great in the air.

I'd been wanting an RC glider for years, but never got to the point of justifying the expense (to myself). This model for less than a C-note, plus a Specktrum DXS transmitter, batteries, a charger, a strap for the transmitter...all in for less than two-fifty. (My wife gave me an Amazon gift card that covered over half of it!) I was in business.Everything went together nicely out of the box...except the 1S batteries were light on velcro and I couldn't get the transmitter to bind to the plane. A trip to a craft store solved the velcro problem. A Youtube video solved the binding problem. (1. power to plane, 2. transmitter on with bind button pressed, 3. power to plane off, 4. transmitter off, 5. transmitter on, 6. plane on...voila!). Always turn on the transmitter before applying power to the plane!First flight: I went to a park down the street, tossed some grass in the air (very light breeze), and launched the plane into the wind. I was able to fly the plane to altitude, turn off power to the prop and let it glide down to a landing within a few feet of myself. I even caught a few small thermals. On grass, it made a gentle landing. I did that a few more times until the battery was depleted (according to the gauge on the transmitter). I was very happy!Second flight: My wife went with me to the park to take pictures. I had a similar experience to the first flight...but a couple of launches in I ended up flying into a tree! That required a trip back home to get a 12' pole with a pool net attached to push it out of the tree.A couple of launches later, my wife suggested I fly the plane away from a small group of spectators with a dog that was frantically barking at my plane. In the process of doing that, I got the plane up above the tree line (having learned that tree's are bad), and a stronger wind caught it. The plane began drifting away from the park, I couldn't bring it down (I think I was making it go higher instead of lower). I lost sight of the plane for a second (behind those darned tree's!) and it was gone. :(That was when I told my wife that "I meant to put my name and phone number on it." That was when she realized (again) that she had married an idiot.But...I liked the who experience so much that I'm buying a replacement Radian UMX. A few months down the road I'm already looking at the Conscendo model!

Please, please if you are a parent looking for an RC aircraft for your kid, do yourself and them a favor by buying a plane like the Radian. It only has rudder and elevator control but that is what new flyers should have. This plane is very stable thanks to it's wing design and can do loops. Additional control surfaces only complicate the learning process and you end up like my nephew did by crashing a sport RC aircraft on flight 1. If he had the Radian he would not have wrecked that plane. Young flyers need to understand that becoming Maverick takes time. That is why aspiring RC flyers need to start here.

The media could not be loaded. Bound right to my transmitter, don’t buy the usb e flight charger because it will burn up the charger if you connect it to a usb charger with high output. Do yourself a favor and buy the spektrum charger!!! Do it now!!! I run the response on elivator and rudder on highest throw hole on plastic arm. Really should only be flown on calm day. I have 3 batteries one is a 200mah and I suggest buying that over the standard 150mah I have yet to break a prop after about 30 flights. My 6 year old broke the wing in half, a little epoxy fixed that. With a pickup with the kids and dog taking up all the room this thing sits on the front dash well out of the way till you get to the park. I always struggled with my planes blowing out the back of the pickup or getting damaged on transport… My video I took while flying!!!