VOLANTEXRC Sport Cub 500 RC Plane RTF - 4-CH Trainer with XPilot Gyro

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🚀 Master Your First Flight with the Ultimate 4-Channel Trainer

Master the skies with the VOLANTEXRC Sport Cub 500, the aircraft that turns absolute beginners into confident pilots. Engineered with a realistic 500mm wingspan and the legendary XPilot Stabilization System, this park flyer offers the perfect blend of hobby-grade control and highly crash-resistant fun. While no RC plane is completely unbreakable, the Sport Cub 500 is specifically designed to be forgiving for learners, delivering a smooth, thrilling experience every time.

🎮 4-Channel Control: Real Pilot Experience

Unlike basic 2 or 3-channel toys, the Sport Cub 500 features full 4-channel control, including Ailerons for bank-and-yank turns and full aerobatic maneuverability.

  • Full Maneuverability: Control Throttle, Aileron, Elevator, and Rudder just like a real scale aircraft.
  • 🔄 One-Key Aerobatics: Perform professional-level loops and rolls with a single button press.

🛡️ XPilot Stabilization & One-Key U-Turn

The integrated 6-axis gyro stabilizer acts as your silent co-pilot, keeping the 52g plane ultra-stable in calm weather or light breezes (under 10mph).

  • 🎓 3-Level Flight Assist: Switch between Beginner (Full Assist), Intermediate (Partial), and Expert (Manual) as you learn.
  • ↩️ One-Key U-Turn: Never lose your plane again. Press a button, and it returns in the opposite direction of take-off.

💎 FLEEX FOAM (EPP): Built to Survive

Crafted from specialized FLEEX FOAM (Optimized EPP), this airframe is incredibly lightweight and highly crash-resistant. While not indestructible, it is specifically engineered to survive the everyday bumps and bruises of learning to fly.

  • 🛠️ Propeller Saver: The propeller snaps off safely upon impact to protect the motor and shaft—simply snap it back on and fly!
  • 🪶 Lightweight Agility: Only 52g flying weight, making it safe for park flying and easy to carry anywhere.

⚡ High-Efficiency Gear Box Power System

The 10mm Coreless Motor paired with a precision gearbox provides massive thrust while saving battery power.

  • 🔋 Up to 15-20 Min Flights: Fly longer and master your skills faster on a single charge (depending on throttle usage).
  • 🚀 Versatile Launch: Take off from smooth surfaces with the gear, or effortlessly hand-launch over grass for softer landings.

📊 Technical Specifications

Wingspan 500mm (19.7")
Length 350mm (13.8")
Flying Weight 52g
Motor 10mm Coreless Motor
Battery 3.7V 360mAh Li-Po
Radio 2.4GHz 4-Channel
Control Distance 200m (656ft)

📦 What's in the Box?

Airplane, 2.4GHz Transmitter, 3.7V 360mAh Battery, USB Charger, Spare Propeller, User Manual.

What Our Customers Are Saying

Overall rating: 4.659091 / 5 from 88 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

The VOLANTEXRC Sport Cub 500 RTF is a highly stable and easy-to-fly remote control airplane, ideal for beginners. It features a gyro stabilizer system for stable flight, a powerful motor system for aerobatics, and a 2.4GHz radio control for up to 200 meters range. The 3-level flight control assists help beginners learn to fly step by step, while the propeller saver design protects the propeller and electronic components. The gear box power system allows for longer flight times of about 20 minutes.

Summary topics

  • Flight Stability: 9%
  • Flight Modes: 9%

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Review highlights

  • "My son now regularly flies it in intermediate and expert modes and can do all sorts of loops and rolls."Michael I.
  • "The plane has rewarding and responsive flying and brings a new challenge every time."Anne L.
  • "It is an excellent little flyer."Thomas

Reviews

Super Easy to Fly

"And a lot of fun. If you're on the fence, just buy it already. The foam is surprisingly durable, but get extra propellers and landing gears. Try to make sure the throttle is off if you're about to crash and it will probably be fine. It comes with two batteries, they last about 10 minutes each flying, which seems like a long time when flying. Excellent value for the money. I'll probably buy a more advanced model later!"

Brian C. (5/5)

it came incorrectly wired but

"it came incorrectly wired but exhobby was responsive in correcting the problem"

JEROLD W. (4/5)

Plane

"The plane is not worth the price. Too lite. All styrofoam"

Vickie M. (4/5)

Was easy to fly

"Was easy to fly"

Steven E. (3/5)

Have not received

"Have not received"

Bradley H. (5/5)

Fun easy flying plane.

"This is a great flying plane straight out the box. The 6 Axis Gyro makes the plane very stable in fact I rarely take it out of full gryo mode. It will fly slow if that's what you like and quite fast as well. I'm more of a cruise around flyer and get a solid 15 minutes per battery. "See photos" I added the black water based craft paint on the underside just rough the surface with a light sand paper it helps for plane orientation when your flying high. Added popsicle sticks to the landing gear, and yellow to the prop. I mostly hand launch the plane but it will take off on a relatively smooth surface. It's best to fly in little to no wind as in 5 mph or less. I would purchase this plane again it's great fun at a reasonable price."

Clifton (5/5)

Easy to fly

"Great plane, fun to fly! My son really liked the one touch stunts 😎👍🏼"

Samuel F. (5/5)

I was wrong it survived several crashes and was lots of fun

"The foam has some holes in it at the joints. These are already the weaks point. I was not happy when I opened the box, and jumped on amazon and left a bad review. But after taking it to the park and giving it a chance I have to say. I was wrong about this little plane. It flies better than any other rc plane i Have ever seen. My wife never flew anything before and had it down in like a minute. the landing gear is useless don't bother. hand launch only. leave it at home for display you will never find the tail wheel. We suck at flying and crashed over and over with no damage! but those holes seem to be getting bigger I think I will use some tape when they come off."

Deus M. (4/5)

Fun to fly, great for beginners!

" This is my first RC airplane and it is very easy to fly. This is a 4-channel airplane so it has all of the control surfaces of the larger, more expensive airplanes. The airplane is made of a tough and durable foam. I have crashed it many times and it has not taken any damage. The battery compartment is very small so you are limited to the 360 - 380 Mah batteries. This airplane does not come with a camera, but I stuck a cheap $14 camera and VTX on just for the fun of it. I attached a picture and an FPV video so people can see what it looks like from the air. The Volantek Sport Cub 500 flies well even with a slight breeze. It's motor is not very powerful, but it has enough power for loops in intermediate and advanced mode. If you are just starting out, this is a great RC airplane to get."

Raj W. (5/5)

A MUST HAVE for beginners!!!! Extremely durable! and the 2 batteries last about 24 min each!!!!

"This is the first RC plane I've ever owned and it is SO MUCH FUN!!!! There are 3 modes: Beginner (pull upper-right side switch towards you), Intermediate, and Advanced (push upper-right side switch away from you). Beginner mode makes jumping into this hobby a breeze. The stability control system keeps the plane steady and makes it extremely user friendly for ALL! I found myself in intermediate mode after 20 minutes in beginner. After another 2 hours and a couple crashes I am now operating in Advanced mode which is challenging. The stability system in this mode is turned off and so the flight controls are very responsive, making the plane incredibly acrobatic. This plane can take a beating! I've nosed dived into the ground, crashed into a tree, landed it in a swamp, and it's still going like new. Although I've had to reinforced parts of it with super glue and duct tape. It is so light and glides so well that the flight time between both batteries will easily last 45 minutes. And it charges in less than an hour! I can't recommend this enough. Right out of the box you'll be flying this thing in a matter of minutes. UPDATE (7/25/20) Just nosed dived into the sandy part of a baseball field and the nose snapped right off but all the flight controls and throttle are still operable! I’ve been repairing the aircraft with epoxy resin and have experienced no degradation in flight performance. MUST HAVE!!!!"

Xaiban (5/5)

Q&A

How Can I get a new motor unit?
Here is the spare parts link. Pls have a check. https://www.exhobby.com/products/2-sets-power-engine-2pcs-gear-box-2pcs-motor-coreless-φ10mm-for-4ch-small-planes-old
Where do I get spear props
Hi Skips, Here is the link for you: https://www.exhobby.com/products/4sets-propeller-full-set-for-trainstar-mini-sport-cub-bf-109-spitfire-zero?_pos=1&_sid=161b7162e&_ss=r
Does the transmitter have a range warning signal?
Hi Jeremy, This depends on the model of plane that you are holding as well. If the receiver doesn't have signal lost warning function, it's meaningless for the transmitter to have such function.
Can I get mode 1 on the tx?
Hi Tony, Please reach us at support@exhobby.com
can the transmitter be used with other models?
Yes, you can use the transmitter in our 3CH and 4CH Mini planes series. But not for the 2CH planes.
1. Does this kit include the receiver battery? The specs above say "Recommended Battery", not included battery. 2. Does this kit include a special receiver battery charger?
The RTF version included both battery and Charger, the PNP version does not include battery and charger and Radio.

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