68in Easy Stik 60 ARF (Balsa)

Product Rating:

Product Review (submitted on September 4, 2014):

The basic construction & covering are well made and sturdy. The covering was taught with only a few minor ripples. The landing gear is sturdy enough as it has survived some hard landings without damage.

It can be built for electric or glow power, with mounts for both included. Mine is electric - the electric mount is slightly rectangular, so proper orientation is required to match the T-nuts in the firewall. assembly was straight forward with a couple of exceptions.

The fuselage comes in two parts - a front part and a rear part. They are held together by hardwood pieces in each of the four corners epoxied in place. My plane did not line up properly as two of the holes did not match on two corners. Some interior sanding was required to make them match. No big deal but time consuming.

All servo mounts are for standard servos, so if smaller ones are used some mount hole modifications will be necessary. The push rods are skimpy and the connectors not the best. I replaced the aileron push-rods with 2-56 hardware. The rudder and elevator use hardened steel metric rods that fit tightly in the tubing, so replacement was not an option. The quick connector for the elevator servo was replaced with a z-bend as the supplied connectors do not hold very well under pressure.

All in all, it is well designed and with some substitutions it works well.

Mine uses a 1250 Watt, 650 Kv Out-runner with a 70 amp ESC with separate SBEC. The battery is a 5S 5.0AH unit that balances the plane without tail weights. The battery compartment is large and has room for shifting the battery. The prop is an APCE 12x6, although a 13x6.5 would provide more power

Once trimmed the plane is quite stable with no tip stalling tendencies. As powered it will climb vertically, albeit slowly. It tracks well and can do standard sport type aerobatics. It flies well at low speeds and is easy to take off and land. It is large enough to see at a distance, yet small enough to fit in my car (sedan).

The battery supplies a minimum of 15 minutes flight time at moderate speeds with occasional all-out sprints or maneuvers. In slow flight it could easily do 20 minutes.

Overall is is a good value and a great flying plane.