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Rob Wagner
Приєднався 24 вер 2014
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Mini Dart 2 DLG R/C Glider first test glides
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Mini Dart 2 DLG R/C Glider first test glides
Sterling Citabria R/C conversion maiden flight
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Sterling kit E5 33 1/2" Citabria converted to 4ch Radio Control brushless outrunner on 2cell 7.4v 325mah battery.
Good job!!!!
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So excellent man i got one of these and an 020 pee wee for christmas in 85'
Just ordered one from hyperflight today.
sweet dlg. Look forward to seeing a discus launch 😎 Thanks for sharing
I've recently acquired a deviant 2nd hand. My first DLG was one I made as a kit out of wood. Simply to give me a project over the winter but also, to familiarize myself with DLG's before I go spending more on them. The MD2 seems like a very good ship! Lots of options available and it's nice to hear another good review of HyperFlight's shipping. I'm really looking to get a full 1.5m carbon DLG. What's another 1m gonna hurt for a 4th of the price forgetting about the $200 in servo's.
Good looking airplane
Wow, I see your comment and I wanted to see your glider! Very nice construction, your glider flies very-very well! I like its color too.
Thank you my friend 😃
The combination of small, light and tail-heavy is a sure prescription for a less-than-enjoyable flight. You can’t do anything about “small”, this model is what it is. Smaller models just don’t fly well, period. However, some weight might be added in small doses to steady the airplane in a light wind or fly it indoors if a sufficient facility is available. For an airplane of this weight, it might be best to fly it only in no-wind conditions, as rare as they may be. As for “tail-heavy, shame on you. As with ALL R/C airplanes, that can and should be attended to before flight. It is best, at first, to always err slightly on the side on nose-heavy until you have sorted out the airplane’s flight characteristics, perhaps gradually moving the C.G. back until all is well. Given the time and fussing that is required to convert these tiny airplanes to R/C I wonder if it would not be better to build the same thing much larger. Some have doubled the plans and scratch-built airplanes from them. These airplanes fly far better and actually do not require larger servos and motors than the original ones, which are almost always over-powered anyway. Great job and good luck.
I have this model featured on the outerzone plan page. As for lightweight, the handling makes up for windy flying, as it's absolutely forgiving and recoverable. The only issue I had was adverse aileron, cured with a light ail-rud mix. Once one masters smaller building, everything becomes easier including flight. Nothing fussy about them. Tough to do much damage to smaller models, unless one really dorks it. Tiny is 14" like the scale EDF Jet Provost I recently built and flew. Only issue was elevator trim, where nervousness caused me to trim the wrong stick and throw off center even worse. Actually was flying well after mostly sorting the elevator trim issue, although I ran out of trim due to my own trim error. Still have it in one piece and should be fine, after resetting the tx zero point and knowing approximately what trim setting should be used for the starting point. 24" span is an average sized model for my fleet now, where 28" is like flying a large model. Most of them are as good as any 40" model I've flown, after trimming and finding the ideal CG.
As for CG, tough to go wrong with 25% on a constant chord job like this.
@@billg7205 Have you ever flown really big R/C models, I mean like 1/4 scale and such? If you have, then you know what a tremendous difference in the flight experience there is between them and these small ones. I've built and flown all size R/C over many decades and I admit to having an affinity for building (not flying) the smaller ones for various reasons. However, for going out on a nice Saturday, even if the wind is blowing a little, nothing compares to the relaxing and just more visually satisfying flight of large R/C airplanes.
@@Glicksman1 No need for giant scale. Properly setup 30" models are rock solid. Once at the 4 foot span they're absolutely solid. ua-cam.com/video/rAfKofdiSxE/v-deo.html
BTW click on the link in your browser and hit enter again, if garbage tube tries to make you watch a commercial. I don't put ads on my videos. It's totally against the spirit of r/c builders sharing work.
What size motor and and servos did you use?
vary nice , needs calm weather or indoor flying ,