Gravityisnotmyfriend

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I don't have a question and I don't need advice - I just needed to brag a little about what I did. I have a .061 AP Wasp and I intended on building a CrazyHerb delta. I told one of the guys in my club about this and he suggested that I take his Zagi 5C ( a slope combat glider) and try to attach the Wasp to it. Since I've seen the electric Zagi's, I originally tried to make it a pusher. Once the engine was mounted, I couldn't come close to being able to balance it with all the rest of the gear as far forward as possible. I then mounted the engine on the front, and balance was easily achieved. I test flew it today and couldn't have hoped for anything better. I was worried that the engine wouldn't have enough oomph for the 48 inch glider, but it pulled it along very well. I did find one odd thing about its flight characteristics. If I give it full up elevator while its flying, it doesn't really loop - it just kinda flips over backwards (if that makes sense). If I hold full back after it does its flip, it goes into a flat spin. I just hold back and give it full throttle and it spins flat and slowly loses altitude. I wanted to try to land like this, but I'm afraid I'll break the prop if I land at full throttle. I'll get some better pics tomorrow, but this will do for now. Has anyone else converted one of these gliders? I would really recommend it - not only is it ridiculous amounts of fun, but I can fly for about 30 minutes on 2 oz's of glow fuel.

ptulmer

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At sixty bucks, I'd say you got a pretty nice friend! That's a pretty good idea. Did you put the tip fins on?

Gravityisnotmyfriend

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Yeah, it was completely built and flown as a slope glider before I got my hands on it. The pics don't make the tip fins obvious, but they're there. I'll try to get better pics to show more detail