Specifications
Wingspan: 54 in
Length: 36 in
The Easy Star (sometimes abbreviated EZ*) is a great plane for learning to fly. It's very stable and will right itself if you let go of the sticks. It's large enough to cope with 10-15mph of wind and can survive a tremendous amount of abuse without breaking. A nose-first or cartwheel landing usually causes no damage because the motor is mounted behind the wing and the foam is Multiplex’s durable Elapor foam (similar to EPP). If the durable Elapor foam does happen to break, it usually will break cleanly, meaning you can easily glue it back together using regular, non foam safe CA (more commonly known as Super Glue). The large size means that it needs a couple of football fields of space to fly comfortably, especially as the standard speed 400 motor can only manage a gentle climb. However, that does not mean it is limited. The Stock setup can push the EasyStar to around 50-55mph in level flight while just cruising around, and can do loops from a gentle dive. The glider style design means that it is very efficient, with a very shallow glide slope compared to most trainers. It's quite possible to slope or thermal soar the EasyStar, although it's no match for sleeker composite gliders. It will slow down to a crawl but can pick up a lot of speed in a dive and loop fairly easily. The EasyStar is available Ready-To-fly or as a kit. The kit is very easy to build and fairly tolerant of COG position - anywhere on the spar cap will be fine, and up to an inch outside it is manageable for an experienced pilot. These user-friendly characteristics make the EasyStar a very popular camera platform for Aerial Photography or FPV / UAV / RPV
