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This Bix3 was so cheap on the HK summer sale that I couldn't resist. PNP for A$83, and it came with the Boxler Kit (joke). It has some very nice design changes from the Bixler 2 and a very different wing airfoil with under-camber and enormous ailerons and flaps. The large canopy, FPV mount and quick release wings are excellent additions. A large battery is required for correct CG placement, 3000 3S worked OK. Max current draw is 20A and the ESC is only 20A which is poor design, should be 30A. The motor in typical Bixler style has a horrible whine sound and the shaft has been lathed down to an odd size less than 3mm.
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@blairo15 7 лет назад

I love my bix3 . I've put a large turnigy outrunner on mine with a 10" prop. tundra wheels and big 6600mah battery and a UHF system. its great for long range fpv! love it!

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

Sounds like a monster truck beast mate. Amazing it carries all that but that wing does have lots of lifting power.

@blairo15 7 лет назад

Andrew Newton it now weighs 2.3 kgs! And it will cruise for about 50 minutes on a calm day! 👍

@garrynutter860 7 лет назад

Pictures please and or Video blairo 15

@tomaspuodziukynas5361 4 года назад

Official "Wheel Pants Association" would like to inform you, that they have very are not useless. They have very serious purpose - wheel pants look magnificent.

@AndrewNewton 4 года назад

I sincerely apologise to the Wheel Pant Lovers who were offended by my insensitive remarks. I have to admit they do look fetching on the right pair of legs.

@kjenkin53 7 лет назад

Have flown mine almost to death over the past 2.5 yrs. Always has the first flight of the day, to settle the nerves, get the brain and thumbs into gear. When I get bored, I cut the throttle, and glide around for half hour or so. Loops easily, but rolls -- needs a lot of down elev when inverted. 2700mah battery for balance and long flight times. Tape down the back of fuse to keep pushrods on fuse. 2 slots in floor up front for a Velcro strap for battery securing. Doesn't need flaps, but with flaps can land from 30 - 40m high at 60degrees - good fun. Don't have 1 or 2 so no comparison, but actually very robust, including motor pod. My video on RU-vid used the plywood camera mount. Keith.

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

Thanks for the tip Keith. The 3 is more of a glider and weight carrier than the 2 but less aerobatic. Designed for FPV cruising I would say

@glennmagill5661 3 года назад

Thanks Andrew, great video. I am planning to buy Bixler 3 from Hobby King and this gives me all the knowledge I need to prepare the plane.

@AndrewNewton 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@jac7775 3 года назад

@@AndrewNewton hello friend I hope you are well sorry for bothering you with so many questions really searching the internet there is no better person to explain about airplanes and other rc articles i come from rc helicopter The planes catch my attention, I have a fixed wing 900mm zohd orbit still not brand new now i want to buy a bixler 3 but .. I would like the arf version since I have servos and 40a esc The only problem I find is not knowing which engine and propeller to buy some of that chinese bangood has some Can you guide me, help? take good care of yourself thanks and excuse me again Perhaps it is not the appropriate place for the comment I cannot find information about your email contact Greetings a hug and that you recover soon

@AndrewNewton 3 года назад

@@jac7775 Any 2212 1400kV motor would work well. Racerstar or Sunnysky

@jac7775 3 года назад

@@AndrewNewton thanks and regards

@athertop 7 лет назад

The stickers came off mine after a few weeks. I also found I had to change the incidence angle on the horizontal stab to keep this flying level. Sunk the trailing edge. Flies great now. I ditched the wheels also. Tail wheel came off during first belly landing.

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

Interesting about the h stab

@RagTheNutsOff 7 лет назад

Morning Andrew, looked like a nice simple build, impressed with the wing bolts too, thats a neat idea, Matt

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

Afternoon Matt, yes it is a clever idea.

@tomaspuodziukynas5361 7 лет назад

Flitetest guys has some bixler-type model, but that one is heavy as brick and would have just very small part of original flight characteristics.. Bix3 looks not bad.

@davidlondon3111 7 лет назад

Hi Andrew - 2 years late for me :( but good review. I took the tail wheel off. Seems to fly much better. I never used the front wheels. Also used some of that fibreglass reinforced tape on the fuselage underside to reduce damage on the spiky grass. I used this model to learn about crow, reflex and flaps. I replaced the aluminium spar with a carbon fibre tube after a bad landing bent the aluminium. I put fluoro tape on the wing retention things for when I drop them. I turned on esc braking on the esc so the prop doesn't autorotate and cause drag when gliding.

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

Great tips, thanks David

@taqyon 7 лет назад

Wow those wing mounts are great. I used to hate my Bix 2's long screws for the mount!!

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

Agreed, those screws are impossible to locate.

@Tsnafu 7 лет назад

Slap some extra glue on both carbon inserts for the spar Andrew. One of mine has already worked loose. 7demo7 had the same problem with his Bix 3

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

I'll do that right now, thanks for the reminder

@reefer2917 7 лет назад

Great vid, you may find the motor shaft is 2.3mm, (measure with a vernier) they sell those on ebay for $4 for 5 of them, I'm interested to see how it fly's with the flaps and the ailerons together! I have a moded bixler2 which amongst other things, has a 1450kv motor with a apc 8x6 prop pulling around 300watts and at full speed the ailerons are erratic, the 9grm servo's cannot handle the EXISTING ailerons at such higher speeds, so I cant wait to see what happens with DOUBLE the surface area! :-D

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

I'll change to decent metal gear aileron servos soon, but the existing servos are coping fine at the moment.

@peterfranzen3538 7 лет назад

So cool the box was more interesting than the plane that came in it. I put money on the boxler being more fun if not better than the bixler.

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

You might be right. No stress flying with the Boxler, plenty more where that came from

@elijahf111 7 лет назад

Dang i missed out on that sale, didn't hear about it till it was over

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

Pity, it was a rare good one.

@yosefbrecken4531 3 года назад

Pro trick: you can watch series on flixzone. I've been using it for watching loads of movies recently.

@craiggreasley7071 7 лет назад

Great plane !! I have a standard one an fpv one with a 1500kv turnigy sk3 in it and STOL one with a 2500kv and big foam wheels

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

Ha you have a fleet of Bix3s

@craiggreasley7071 7 лет назад

Andrew Newton one thing I have found is if you use a 2200mah 3s you will need approximately 60c hot glued in the nose for weight .a 3000mah zippy slim weighs it out near perfectly .

@atw98 7 лет назад

Can not believe that these are only $150. Do you think I should get one of these as a trainer then move to my Raptor V2 and Opteera? Or do you think if I cant learn with the Opteera I have no hope? Love your videos long time mate 😁

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

Blush, thanks Angus. I would highly recommend getting any of the Bixlers to learn on and to keep. Great all round performer for cruising, FPV, and gliding. Then you will feel much more comfortable with the Raptor and Opteera.

@angusfedrick8202 7 лет назад

I love my bix 3 I got it last year and I have learnt on it, crashed it and repaired it fantastic plane I wish mine still looked as good as yours :)

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

Mine won't look that clean for long

@medyou2815 7 лет назад

un bon avion, j'attends son vol prochain

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

Merci, coming very soon.

@Coronet47 Год назад

Andrew. I’m setting up INav on the Bixler 3 and have a gps with short wires. Can I mount gps at 90 on the fuselage or does it need to be facing up to work?

@AndrewNewton Год назад

Antenna must face up, it can be inside the fuselage under foam

@jac7775 4 года назад

Hi hello great job on your blog I hope you can help me in a couple of months I want to buy a bixler 3 I don't know if with electronics or without in addition to the configuration of the radio I come from helicopter I hope you can advise me congratulations and thank you.

@AndrewNewton 4 года назад

The PNP version is fine. Do you have radio?

@jac7775 4 года назад

@@AndrewNewton thanks for your attention I have a specktrum radio and I plan to install a lemon stabilizer I don't know what kind of wing put me explain I am very pleased to know that there is contact with you very thankful

@jac7775 3 года назад

@@AndrewNewton regardst

@CradyLab 5 лет назад

Just received the kit version. No servo, no electronics etc. Fuselage isn't glued together either and upon separating the two halves I discovered a small aluminum plate with 2 countersunk holes mounted low near the belly. I'm guessing this is for mounting some unnamed accessory but unless you know of a legit use for the thing think I may just leave it out to save weight. BTW, Can you recommend a good glue for this foam -- I was planning to using UHU POR. Cheers!

@AndrewNewton 5 лет назад

UHU Por is perfect, or just the HobbyKing white tube contact glue. Didn't know the metal plate was there but this might explain it www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2143106-HobbyKing-Bixler-3-%28BIX3%29/page57#post29918828

@cvonp 5 лет назад

@@AndrewNewton Thanks mate. I'm leaving it out ; )

@GrahamA63 7 лет назад

Andrew - Hi. Seeing the kidney bowl reminds me - I suspect your day job would be interesting enough for a video? It's a world most of us know nothing about and I would certainly be interested. Cheers.

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

It would be interesting but there are strict rules about privacy that would limit what I could show. Might be able to photos and scans of me. I'll think a bout it.

@GrahamA63 7 лет назад

Andrew Newton. Cheers for the reply. I understand. I worked as a photographer in the UK civil service until redundancy/medical retirement and I would have had the same problems there too to the point of not being able to tell people what I actually did. Cheers.

@BobsPetStopVideos 4 года назад

Hi Andrew, I have 2 questions if you could help. 1. Can you give some guidance for mixing my Bixler 3, (i'm mounting a camera) 2. How to set up the two camera servos on my spektum transmitter. Thanks!! Bob

@AndrewNewton 4 года назад

I'm not a Spectrum user, no idea sorry

@julianhumphrey4843 6 лет назад

Andrew, has any one ever mentioned you get a lot of fish eye on the camera you film these with, makes planes look curved

@AndrewNewton 6 лет назад

Yes it's not ideal, but I can show big planes and small objects while sitting at the table. I know it annoys some people but it's too convenient, and I'm too lazy, to change.

@julianhumphrey4843 6 лет назад

Does not annoy me, just thought i would mention it in case you were not aware, looks like the new bix3 is not as good as the older models

@reindertbremer4466 7 лет назад

i like to learn to slope can make video who do i slope

@stewjade 7 лет назад

Notice the Bixler name appears nowhere on the plane or elsewhere, just the Bix name. Wonder if Josh Bixler did not want to be responsible for it's design? Still got an unbuilt Bixler 2 in the shed .... gold eh?

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

Oooh nice, treasure that Bixler 2 Stew. I have an unbuilt one too. FT did do a review I=on the Bix3 but didn't mention why the name change

@stewjade 7 лет назад

Interesting isn't it. To me the Bixler 1.1 seems to be the one to buy or the equivalent one it kit form at Banggood, the X-UAV Skysufer X8. ......www.banggood.com/X-UAV-Sky-Surfer-X8-1400mm-Winspan-FPV-Aircraft-Airplane-KIT-p-1064615.html?rmmds=category ... or better still make one of a box ha ha ...

@AbhinavSubramanian 6 лет назад

The name change...is a bit of a long story. Hobbyking used to be a sponsor for Flitetest and so they named a plane after Josh Bixler. What happened though is that Flitetest dropped HK as a sponsor so it wouldn't seem like they were being impartial to HK's products. HK renamed the next iteration of the product the Bix as a sort of way of giving him the finger while still making the product recognizable as a member of the Bixler series.

@jaseduar 5 лет назад

Hello, I bought a bix 3, it's my first rc plane, what is the effect if I join the flaps with the ailerons like you did?

@AndrewNewton 5 лет назад

That give you more roll control, making it more aerobatic. You dont really need flaps to start with. Just use the ailerons if you want to keep it simple.

@brightontilifly 7 лет назад

not long, you must be hating this weather.

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

Crap at the moment, but we do get the odd good half day

@brightontilifly 7 лет назад

when's the maiden?

@Giuly73 6 лет назад

Great vid, may i ask what is the alluminium plate under the fuselaje ( and inside ) just behind the landing skid with twoo wholes? Is it for carrying some weight?

@AndrewNewton 6 лет назад

Dont know about an aluminium plate Mihai. I have too much gear inside mine to see it right now.

@Giuly73 6 лет назад

Hi, you can't see it, is inside, but the two holes under the fuselaje that you see behind landing gear are leading to it. any way is very heavy, at least 100g. Ho knows why is there....

@peterfranzen3538 7 лет назад

The quick grip you used is that the water based one or is the bixler foam solvent proof.

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

It's solvent based Kwik Grip Clear brand contact glue

@peterfranzen3538 7 лет назад

Andrew Newton I'll have a look for that so hard to get foam safe glue here in Adelaide if you find it they want an outrageous price.

@parjacpar3077 6 лет назад

I got mine 2nd hand and it never been flown reason being the son of the person that sold it to me changed his mind and wanted a quad instead Found a few things wring like prop came loose and flags servos not glued in place. Was hoping to fly today but took longer then normal next decent weather day is tuesday shame about the winds forecast

@AndrewNewton 6 лет назад

Sweet, it's a nice plane

@inspiredbyinspire9234 7 лет назад

this bixler looks much better to the bixler 1. i used to have the 1

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

I still like the 2 best

@granger3979 7 лет назад

HOLLLLYYY MOLLLLLLLLLLLYYYY 84$$$$$$$$$$

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

Yeah crazy cheap

@Smt_Glaive 7 лет назад

my local store has the sky surfer 3 for 100$

@domanater480 6 лет назад

Hey I’m interested in this for my first FPV plane, would you recommend the arf or pnf version? I’m also interested in putting a 5200mah battery for long range flights. Also what parts would you recommend radio etc. Thanks Nic

@AndrewNewton 6 лет назад

PNF is OK for your first FPV plane. What radio do you have? Link to recommended FPV gear newtonairlines.blogspot.com.au/2018/02/my-fpv-rig.html

@domanater480 6 лет назад

Andrew Newton don’t have a radio yet, that’s also something I’ll need. Any recommendations? I’ve heard it’s best to get a high end remote as it will last a long time and can use it on other rc planes

@AndrewNewton 6 лет назад

You will want a programmable radio with lots of model memory if you intend to stick with RC. Taranis Q X7 is the best at a reasonable price, with an X6R or X8R receiver

@Lacmaster1 7 лет назад

This is my best plane!!!

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

It is a keeper

@Lacmaster1 7 лет назад

Any fpv set inside? In the future!?

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

Yes I'll fit some FPV eventually

@zackmcshane8397 7 лет назад

Hey Andrew, i am going to buy a bixler and wondering if i should go with the bix2 or bix3? I have found out where we can buy bix2 in australia.

@zackmcshane8397 7 лет назад

Bix1 sorry

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

Bix 2 flies the best in my opinion, uses 2200 mAh 3S (or bigger if desired). Bix 3 has more space and easier wing removal but it can catch you surprise with tip stalls and needs 3000mAh 3S battery for correct CG. Bix 2 is by far my favourite.

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

Bix 1 is a great first motor glider, smaller and easy to fly. Probably can fly a bit faster but won't carry cameras and FPV as well as Bix 2 and Bix 3

@zackmcshane8397 7 лет назад

Thanks for that, i will have a think about it, i think i might go with the bix 3 as u said that you need a bigger battery. I am looking at getting into medium range fpv once i get flying later on

@crabsodyinblue 7 лет назад

i love this plane, just like your vids! i do use the flaps, they work well to slow it down on landing otherwise these gliders need a bigger landing strip then an A380 ;) My fuse got damaged on nosedive after FPV failed me, so it's great to see HK have spare parts in the shop now. just waiting for EU shop to stock up again... also the smallCNC-parts adjustable motor mount is a fab add-on allowing for a larger prop for one thing ( smallpartscnc.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=181 )

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

SmallpartCNC, thanks for reminding me. I have just fitted one and could recall who made them.

@ryantoomey611 6 лет назад

Is hot glue better to use than foam safe CA glue?

@AndrewNewton 6 лет назад

They have different uses, along with contact glue, epoxy and gorilla glue. I would say the rubbery contact glues are the best all round glue but Hot Glue is great for quick builds

@senseisecurityschool9337 5 лет назад

Hot glue is much, much heavier. Fills gaps a lot better.

@lancedu7576 6 лет назад

do we need to buy extra servos for the flaps?

@AndrewNewton 6 лет назад

Yes, they are not included

@lancedu7576 6 лет назад

Thanks

@marhar2 7 лет назад

Not bad, but it's no Boxler! :)

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

You're right, doesn't have that subtle scrappy look

@yellowbusguy 7 лет назад

These are far more fragile than the 2.

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

Yes I can see that just from the build

@EnglishTurbines 7 лет назад

For sure the Bixler 3 flies a LOT better than the Bix 2.it just handles, turns, better and doesn't drop a wing like the 2 does, its due to the undercamber IMO. Just a shame HK overpriced it. Do you have a link for the Lipo driven hot glue gun please Andrew...??

@AndrewNewton 7 лет назад

hobbyking.com/en_us/battery-powered-hot-glue-gun.html Still prefer my Bixler 2 at the moment, less glidey but more aerobatic and tougher.

@EnglishTurbines 7 лет назад

Thanks Andrew, amazing.... this gun was in stock at the UK Warehouse and the sticks too....AND,,,it was cheaper than E-Bay, even with the outrageous shipping HK charge...Im hoping to use it to glue Depron as my mains glue gun has rather a large nozzle on it and is difficult to apply a fine line of glue...?