SonicModell Mini AR Wing - Long-term Review

Lots of people make unboxing videos and reviews of new products. These are great because they give us an idea of how good a product appears to be at the time of release. But how well do they last? I decided to make some long-term reviews of models or other RC related products that are still good or useful further down the road.

I've had the SonicModell Mini AR wing, also sold as the RMRC Mini Recruit in the States, for about a year and a half (since March 2019). It has proven to be good fun to fly and very robust. It's probably a second wing, rather than a first, as the small size loses stability. But, it is great fun to fly.

Contents
00:00 Introduction
00:26 About the Mini AR
01:31 How robust is this wing?
04:33 Better flight controller position
05:19 The pitch flutter problem
06:15 Would I recommend this model?
06:50 Which batteries?
07:26 Is this model OK for beginners?
09:44 The repairs after the #landing
10:19 Warning, check the X plate fixings
12:40 What components have I used?
15:19 The two different ESCs that can come with the Mini AR.
16:45 Conclusion

PIDs
I have decided not to share my PIDs at this point, as they are pretty standard and the model has not been tuned properly. However, I am going to share my autolaunch settings as that works very nicely. Please note, there is an idle throttle on this, so as soon as you arm and raise the throttle, the motor will spin.

set nav_fw_launch_velocity = 200
set nav_fw_launch_accel = 1863
set nav_fw_launch_max_angle = 180
set nav_fw_launch_detect_time = 40
set nav_fw_launch_thr = 1700
set nav_fw_launch_idle_thr = 1350
set nav_fw_launch_motor_delay = 150
set nav_fw_launch_spinup_time = 100
set nav_fw_launch_min_time = 1000
set nav_fw_launch_timeout = 15000
set nav_fw_launch_max_altitude = 12039
set nav_fw_launch_climb_angle = 25

In this video
SonicModell Mini AR Wing: http://bit.ly/MrD_3aP4NhE
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C1 Chaser: http://bit.ly/MrD_34x2q1Q
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