EasyStar

About

The EasyStar is one of the all-time bestselling foam trainers, the kind of aircraft that has been the entry point into RC flying for tens of thousands of new pilots since its release. Like every well-loved beginner foamy, it earns its place in the hobby by being three things at once: light enough to fly slowly, tough enough to survive the inevitable hard landings of an absolute beginner's first weekends, and simple enough to take out of the box and have flying the same afternoon.

The German manufacturer Multiplex Modellsport built the EasyStar around their proprietary ELAPOR foam, the moulded particle material that gives the airframe both crash-resistance and structural rigidity. The pusher-prop layout — propeller mounted behind the wing rather than in front of the cockpit — means that grass landings can't damage the propeller, and the open visual line ahead of the pilot's view from the field makes orientation easier for new pilots than a tractor-prop layout would. The high-wing-mounted motor and generous dihedral give the airframe the kind of self-righting stability that lets a beginner take their hands off the sticks and watch what the airplane is doing.

The bigger picture is the EasyStar category itself. The EasyStar set the template for a whole generation of beginner foamies that followed it, and the proportions you see in countless modern beginner foam trainers from competing brands trace directly back to Multiplex's design. When a new pilot crashes one — and every student does — the airframe snaps back together with hobby glue. When a pilot has outgrown the EasyStar, the natural next step is a faster sport foamy or a scale subject.

In the simulator

The friendly entry point for new RC pilots in this pack. The EasyStar flies the way a beginner aircraft should — slow, predictable, generous on the controls, and self-righting when you let go of the sticks. Use it to learn the four core skills: coordinated turns, pattern flying, takeoff trim, and recovery from unusual attitudes. Pairs well with parkland and small grass-strip landscapes. A natural sibling to the EasyGlider in this same pack — same Multiplex foam-trainer DNA, different mission profile (the EasyStar is more powered, the EasyGlider is more soaring-oriented).