TopRcHobby 450mm Mini CUB-X - Honest flight review. UHD 4K

[@chuckmaddison2924]

I've been messing with a powered 2 channel glider 800mm wing. Yesterday radio went ass up. This looks a good replacement. The shop near me has for $ 169 Au.

[@owen_st_]

Im interested in buying this aircraft, what would the minimum space be for me to fly safely?

[@ArcticRc]

A small fotball field or a park. You dont get to much speed on this one.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Another interesting look at what's available in the sub-250gm toys these days, Bengt. Looks like you lose 50mm wingspan but gain a steerable tailwheel (well when any of these little cheap wheels move properly! 😉) over the Volantex V761-4 Sport Cub. On that you can't roll in Beginner or Intermediate but you can do a loop in Intermediate. A bit of a disappointment if you can't loop this in Intermediate. The DSM and S-bus sockets are a big plus but since that (and battery and RSSI telemetry) are now available on the V2 versions of the V761 P-51 and Corsair, I'd guess that most of the rest in the series will get that update soon. You didn't show whether these are easy to service (replace boards/motors) when they do need attention. Are they similar to the later Volantex stuff with screw mounted boards, and pop-out panels (or maybe removable wings) for easy access? We're starting to see brushless motors (and 2s capabilities) on some sub-250gm stuff now so these might be getting behind the times.

[@ArcticRc]

We going to make another video this weekend on how to get to the board and tips for TopRchobby on new releases. But a great upgrade for spektrum futaba and open tx user.

[@mutosanrc1933]

would love to see that one can buy them without transmitter.

[@frxgzy]

HOW is the plane 9 months after buying? did you face any issues

[@impuls60]

You cant loop or roll with gyro engaged onthe XK/rebrands models. That feature is only found in more expensive brands as far as I know. Thats why one outgrows these models after a while unfortunately. Its really a shame since they could be a good platform for advanced flying since they handle crashes very well.

[@frxgzy]

You can flip them on expert mode tho can't you? Or if your on medium you press the stunt button and then u can right?

[@paulshea7022]

Looks identical to SonicRC sport cub.

[@ArcticRc]

Most likely is as well. They are produced from same mold to different brands.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Not quite identical. The Volantex V761-4 Sport Cub (Sonik is 1 of at least 10 rebrand labels) is 500mm wingspan and uses the V761/4ch protocol. This uses a similar but slightly altered protocol V761/TopRC protocol. Bengt is probably correct that they might be produced by the same foam moulding company in China though - also the flight boards may be contract-produced by an electronics-specialist company for these toy-producing firms. Who knows? Volantex also make a 400mm version these days. Just a pity that they don't have an active brushless motor outlet on these small planes' boards yet. Though the XK A280 sub-250gm P-51 now does, so hopefully it may become more widespread soon. All these are great fun!