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Hi Doug & welcome to the forum.
Unfortunately in contradiction to my comments when I saw you at the filed, I will not be at the field this coming Sunday. Every 2 or 3 Sundays I play golf & 1st Feb is one of them.
I am sure you will have somebody at the field to assist you in getting the Bix 3 into the air & give you some stick time.

Thanks Wayne, at this stage I'm planning to come down on Sunday morning from about 8.30am. I'll ask around when I turn up.
A mate of mine may also come along as he has planes and is interested in a look see.
Enjoy your golf.
Cheers
Doug

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Hi, Doug.strange you should say, Bix3 ?. I'd just put one together yesterday, I had a Bix1 unfortunately. It was destroyed in a crash. Since then I've been flying multirate is but I decided to buy another Bix. Just as fun aircraft to fly. When I feel like it.

Now putting it together was relatively easy. In fact, pretty foolproof. The only drama are I seem to have it is attaching the wing. There are two little bolts that you put in this lot, and then twist. You have to twist at the right way otherwise it won't move . Only problem I could find.

Kind regards, Bob.

Hi Bob,
Thanks for your interest.
I'm a real novice at remote control aircraft, but always wanted to get into it except kids, family, etc bit into my time.
I love aircraft and fascinated by some of the You Tube clips I see related to remote control aircraft.
A mate of mine has been flying (crashing maybe I should say) for a while now and recently I thought I'd just get a little selfish with my time and just buy an aircraft and join him.
My mate, who's been learning for a few years now, recommended the Bix3 from Hobbyking as a good start for a trainer. He likes the idea that the engine is up top and away from the ground for bad approaches. I've seen the damage caused by props biting into the ground and it seemed like a fair call to me!
The cost of the aircraft was reasonable but I was a little annoyed by the cost of freight and that I wasn't offered any freight alternatives. Freight was almost as much as the plane cost. Having said that though, I ordered from Hobbyking (out of Hong Kong) on a Tuesday and the plane was delivered on the next Friday. Not bad!
Yes, I found putting the plane together easy.
BUT, after assembly it's all a mystery and as there were no manuals I was in the dark. I mean, this is sold as a trainer so one would expect that if it's sold to that level of flyer there would be manuals. No mention of what connectors from the aileron servos go into what plugs into the receiver. I searched the net for the convention here, but I would have thought a trainer would have been more than just the craft.
I got a small CD disc that I installed onto my computer but no text file to say what it was or what it did. I bungled around, searched the net for help and in the end I found it related to the radio. Then I had to figure out how to apply the software to the radio. Trial and error and some searching through the net but I think I got the radio working as it should.
All in all, I like the plane but disappointed with the lack of guidance/manual supplied with the kit.
Anyway, I have the plane now so I thought I'd look around and see if there were any clubs in the area because I'm keen to do the right thing. I was happily surprised to see that PRCAC is just down the road from where I live. I dropped in last Saturday and spoke to Wayne. Nice chap and very knowledgeable and I quickly realized the advantages of joining the club go far beyond just doing the right thing. I especially like the idea of getting together with like minded blokes.
Anyway Bob, I hope to bump into you sometime soon.
Cheers
Doug