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Plug n' Play RC airplanes (PNP)

What are Plug n' Play rc airplanes?
Well, in short they are cross between RTF (Ready To Fly) and ARF (Almost Ready to Fly) airplanes, and are a relatively new breed of model plane.

When you buy an RTF rc airplane everything comes with it in the purchase, including the radio control gear to fly it, whereas an ARF kit doesn't have the radio gear.
A Plug n' Play airplane has some of the radio gear, but is missing the transmitter and receiver.

In other words, the airplane comes fully assembled (more or less) just like an RTF model, including the servos.
And because all receiver sockets and servo plugs are universal, any radio gear can be used.

This leaves you free to use the transmitter and receiver of your own radio gear - just install the receiver into the model, plug in the servos and battery pack and away you go!

Plug n' Play rc airplanes are the perfect answer for modelers who want to fly more than one plane, but don't want to keep buying RTF models with a separate transmitter for each one.


Plug n' Play manufacturers

At the moment there's not a huge choice of production Plug n' Play rc airplanes on the market, but as time goes by more manufacturers are sure to offer PNP models.
Current manufacturers offering PNP planes include Hanger 9 and Parkzone, two very popular choices for many rc modelers.

Just a few PNP rc airplanes are shown below:

Parkzone Typhoon

Typhoon
Electric 3D aerobatic performer from Parkzone.



Parkzone Stryker F-27C

Stryker F-27C
Developed from the successful F-27B Stryker fast park flyer, from Parkzone.



Hanger 9 PNP Piper Cub

Piper J3 Cub
Classic high wing trainer from Hanger 9, with 46 Evolution glow engine.




Hanger 9 PNP Twist

Twist
46 size aerobatic airplane from Hanger 9.




All the Plug n' Play rc airplanes shown above, and more, are available from Red Rocket Hobby Shop (tip - search for 'plug n play' or 'pnp').



Related pages

RTF rc airplanes

ARF RC airplanes.