Unique Models U-Glider maiden
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
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Maiden flight of this delightful ultra light motorised thermal glider.
I used a 500mAH 3S Lipo and that worked well but it could also use a lighter 2S Lipo. Flies just like a DLG and would be a great alternative for thermal hunters who are unable to afford or launch a traditional DLG. It's a tricky build and could benefit from some mods - stay tuned.
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Wonderful flight. Like hearing your giggles as the glider climbed out into the sky above. Love the video shots from the glider! You have a winner!
Yes this is a favourite for a warm sunny day
my Friend Andrew, Be impressed with the softness of your flight ... once again you will be the culprit that my hangar grows.
thanks for share the Maiden.. :-)
Oh my apologies, sending you broke, haha
Looks like a great little bird. I'm glad someone has made this style glider as a foamie. I have a Great Planes Kunai which is cool but fast, heavy and not near as floaty. I'm going over to Banggood now.
Yes I wish there were more like this available
I modded mine heavily.. Put on proper dlg rudder and tail I had lying around, Glassed the front of the wing, cut a new hatch and changed all the servos.. 2 servos in the wing..
Awg was bang on 300g with a 2s 500.... Thermals like a hot snot, but its so skinny that almost every flight I almost loose it, It goes up so quickly in Thermals that its quite difficult to see it and get it down out of the lift... I have put black tape stripes underneath the wing but it didn't help much, the profile is just too skinny to have it at height... I've set a ceiling now at 300 feet with it, that's about the limit of my visibility with it.. Good fun but a scary plane in lift...
Nice mods. It certainly loves lift
Looks like a fun little bubble hunter Andrew !!!
Exactly, that's what it is.
what a nice glider. sounds like a pretty enjoyable craft.
Wow....great glider Andrew !
Currently on sale at Banggood, mine was $150 Canadian with shipping for the PNP version shipped from US warehouse. 🙂
Great flying skills. DLG style with motor! I've just ordered one right now, just because of your video.
Excellent Francisco, make sure you contact me before building it and I'll share some essential tips
Sure! Thank you very much.
You make it look so easy! You better take a lawn chair and some snacks when you go to soar that one!
Yes you're right there.
Howdy Andrew, she looks like great fun. Not sure on a single servo in the middle, that's screaming out to be modded for a servo in each wing. Matt
My thought exactly Matt, I am at this very moment searching my spares for some 5g servos.
another great video!
Yummy, that looks like an enjoyable flyer. Oh dear, my itch has started again.
It flies beautifully, a real floater
lovely flyer too, in my shopping cart as we speak.
Sweet, it's a great airframe, just needs some tweaks.
30 June 2019 U-Glider on sale bang good US for 78 dollars, at that price had to order one
Nice. It's a favourite
@@AndrewNewton Hello Andrew am so impressed
ordered second kit, replacement servos and ESC
will start building after finished foam board job on bench
thank you
Nice glider, saw it on Banggood almost got it due to price but the size keep me away. Like to zoom up high to altitude then glide down slow and the size would make it hard to spot.
It looks great. A real floater. Was the prop freewheeling that last time? I'm worried about yer fingers mate! ;¬)
Yes freewheeling constantly. New ESC ordered, fingers will be safe
It'll glide even better once that's fixed as a freewheeling prop acts as a mild air brake.
Be interesting to see how durable the glider is. I'd be worried about snapping those tiny wings carrying through the house and car. Hangar rash is tough on my birds.
It is quite delicate
Nice! seems like a lot of fun!
Definitely
almost as much fun as shaving half your face. :-D
haha...there's a jekyll and hyde in all of us so you might as well see it..;-)
That looks like a bird for me sir... That on a nice still sunny day in the mountains and I'd be there for the day...
Oh yes, I can see it now
can't wait for mods!!!
Coming soon. Servos, pushrods and ESC all out
Andrew Newton Sweet might have to pick one up cause it's so light... if the separate aileron linkages works.
I thought you could set the esc from the tx on the beeps? set the throttle to max then plug in the esc and then count the beeps (past the normal throttle calibration) drop the throttle and it's set. I'm not sure how many beeps to the esc brake on or off though.
Beeps are no different past the throttle calibration beeps, so I guess it's not programmable. I'm changing to a Plush so I can program it.
vary nice glider
really neat, that one. only thing, for me anyway, is it becomes invisible sometimes because its so thin and flat. I might want to put long streamers on the wing tips just to make it a bit more easy to see from the ground. of course no one but me would probably do that but, that's just me. :-) to add: maybe just some bright LEDs would be better for LOS flying..
Maybe smoke trails?
maybe that but I hate the idea of putting more pollution in the air plus I bet the birds hate worse. lol
a DLG on a budget not bad flying andrew
Yes indeed. Might not survive too many DLG throws but it certainly flies like one
lol
Very nice Andrew :D That plane worked out very well.. Damn.. I was wondering if I should get me that plane (or the 1M DLG).. Hmm maybe I should do so after all ;)
Good stuff man :) Have a great weekend
Well with this one the launches are higher and the flying would be the same.
With my DLG-ing skills this one will launch MUCH higher :D
Haha, same here
Which prop blade you actually tried to catch?
Nice glider!
Hehe, it was only free wheeling.
What does this U-Glider weigh by the weigh?
Caught my first ever thermals last Sunday. Hope to find a few more this weekend.
I'm guessing that a dihedral glider would do better, but all I have at the mo is my flat winged 2.5mtr one. Heh, as soon as I showed up at a club meeting last year I was advised to cut the wings apart and angle 'em a bit. But I didn't. They don't flex at all and I like that. They've been super tough through the winter.
Now I have a 1.5mtr, bought off some guy on Ebay, classic dihedral balsa wing, in hand to add to the next fuselage. Probably be a non powered 2 channel job. I'm hoping to keep the all up weight to around 350 grams. :¬P
I wouldn't worry about adding dihedral for your 2.5m, all of my big gliders are straight. Thermals are thrilling eh? Don't recall the U-Glider weight, it must be in the video somewhere.
Beautiful! 👍
Did you feel the single servo for ailerons worked ok or will you mod it and put an extra one on?
Definitely modding to separate servos for the ailerons. One weak servo just does not work well enough. I want camber and flaperon adjustments for this one.
@@AndrewNewton so did you ever mod this for two servos? Mine arrived a couple of weeks ago, but I can't find a servo to fit :(
awesome!
my u glider from HK has landed
and its alread assembled. but i haven't fly it yet,
coz i"m confuse
inthe specs it says 3s 800mah batt
but in the bottom it say
required 2s 800mah batt
so what its gana be?
what lioo are yuou been using? is it 3s or 4s?
I tried 3S 500 and 2S 950. Both work well
me gusta mucho lo bien que vuela
Yes it floats on the air
I've been flying a U-Glider now for a few weeks (incorporates all the mods and then some). I have a full INAV configuration and it flies very nicely. I have noticed however that when it picks up airspeed, for example after turning back into the wind after a downwind leg on a windy day, it sort of wags its tail. I think the issue is that the very long carbon fiber tail boom (square) is simply flexing. The control surface linkages seem very stiff. Anyone else see this?
Actually it may be more that the fuselage / wing saddle itself is flexing so much that the wings can "wobble" some relative to the tail boom...
If it's just after the downing turn it's probably close to stall for a moment
I've been trying not to make really sharp turns, so I don't think that's the primary issue. I took the wing off tonight and I think that the two hold down screws just have too much foam to go through before they get to bite into the blocks around the tail boom, so the wing mounting has way more play than it should. I'll 3D print some new wing plates that may be able to slide over the tail boom blocks and make it more ridgid. My kit arrived with the fuse severely crushed and twisted, and the wing just never has mated up very well even after a lot of work with a hot air gun to straighten it out - so that surely isn't helping. But with all that it has flown circuits around the field giving me 10.5 miles on less than 50% of a 2S 18650 pack, and sure has a gentle stall.
Looks very low drag! Should slope as long as it can handle some landings!
It's so light the landings will be soft, can't wait fro the right wind
my u glider crashed and the nose was destroyed . so i repaired and replece the nose.
do i have to angle the motor to the right or just straight up?
Michael, my motor looks like it's mounted straight. But I would give it a tiny bit of down thrust because it pulls up a lot under power.
yes ive noticed that too that it is always like tail heavy. ill try that a tiny down thrust angle... thanks for the tip
I am curious about the motor model I use
Only need to ask once. Don't know which motor it uses, but I would guess 1805 2200kv
hey , can i pls know the aerofoil of this glider
, i am an enthusiast
Need to ask on the RCGroups thread, they might know the answer
thankk you andrew
I'm going to get one and put a 25-200 Mw 5.8 Vtx on it! It would be the perfect little cam for FPV on this!
www.banggood.com/Eachine-VTX03-Super-Mini-5_8G-72CH-025mW50mw200mW-Switchable-FPV-Transmitter-p-1114206.html?rmmds=myorder
That would be nice for some FPV gliding