After flying this plane I’m very happy with its performance, good power, easy to assemble, easy to transport, easy access to battery, enough size to see it well, the only thing it should come with the lights configured like the real model but is doable changing positions in connections for aileron red and green solid and adding an extension servo cable for solid tail white light.

Great looking and easy flying plane. Flies like a Cessna should - smooth and stable without a gyro. Handles grass fine. Takeoffs and landings are a piece of cake. Only minor issue I had was the carbon fiber tube in the tail would not fit into the one in the fuselage. Had to sand it down until it fit. Otherwise, this Cessna 182 is as good as it gets. Highly recommend!

Flew this unit Sunday 9-8-24 for the 1st time. What a wonderful flying plane, very little trim and plenty of power for simple maneuvers. Had another club member with a new blue 1500 Cessna so we flew them together. Building this model was very easy however, you may have to do a little trimming for things to slide into the slots correctly. Great plane

First the good things, great flyer, beautiful scale model of a beloved machine. I owned a full scale version for nearly 3 decades. Assembly is very easy. It has features like flaps and LED lights. Plenty of power. All the things you need for a great RC experience. It's close to being a 10 of 10 except: for the tires on the mains don't work well with threaded axle. They rattle around inside the wheel pant and make a terrible noise. I switched stock for pair of DuBro 225T's. They needed a washer on the inside to clear the wheel pant, and the outside wheel pant had to be trimmed a bit where the axle is captivated because the 225T's are a bit wider than stock. Was an easy fix. Some thin CA cured on the threads of the axle helped create a better bearing surface for the DuBro's and now they spin smooth and quiet. It's marginally heavier than the stock tires, but way worth it for nice quiet take offs. The loud spalling noise from the stock tires ruined the scale effect for me. It made what would otherwise appear to be a real plane look (sound) like a toy. And the LED lights. Why the crazy blinking and mix up of strobe and solid lights. While I have not done this yet, so can't give details on how to do it, but I will have the colored NAV lights on the wingtips on solid, the white lights will simulate strobes and blink. Landing lights on solid. Red light at the top of the tail will flash to simulate a rotating beacon, and the white nav on the tail will be on solid. That's how it was on N2597Q. Seems just a few little tweeks to this bird and it's good. I guess FMS saves a few buck on each model with the cheaper wheels which amounts to big bucks for the company, and possibly puts the unit in a price point where more people can get it, but from my point of view, FMS could have splurged for the good wheels and better axles to make a very impressive model.
FMS 1500 Skylane is a good choice if you are looking for an easy flyer but still realistic scale civilian aircraft. It certainly brings back a flood of memories for me.

It’s a beautiful bird no doubt! But it has a major design flaw involving the nose gear to servo setup. I’m not sure how fms thought it would last but I give it maybe 3 “hard landings” before you’re having to do major repairs. And spoiler, they don’t sell the one of the needed parts. Basically the control arm from the nose gear rest down in the servo arm so any jolt on the nose wheel pops it out of the servo arm and voila! You have an uncontrollable aircraft.