RE: Radian - a new e-glider from Parkzone
Yes I've had one for sometime as preorder, its absolutely everything they say it is, nice performance and a real floater, love it...
My launch is like this, flush the elevator, not up needed at all, my elevator is actually minimum downtrim...
Use only halfthrottle a touch more on launch release, keep that nose from coming up else can turn on you, very basic stuff here, let her fly out and no turns till she goes out aways, with minimum throttles it goes right up easily...
She responds to minimum lift, even today, cold temps in Northern Illinois, right after work just before sunset, winds down below 10 MPH she found some lift and stayed elevated with power off for several minutes...
You need some space to fly this one as has a terrific long glide, I circle to lose altitude and finally zing zag at end of field prior to coming in to land, don't let the nose rise to a stall, again getting very basic here, mine is deadstick all the way, she will glide right in with correct stick, I find if I flare just before touchdown too early it pops right up for another 50 foot ride, whew, a beauty, promise you'll be pleased with this one, I have an Easy Star, great trainer, but the Radian nears high performance...huge difference, its a winner...<>..
Another strong plus, she takes winds quite well, below 10 MPH its near effortless to fly, will take up to 15 MPH and still penetrate with some downtrim, just half throttle she still goes up with ease, a nice bird indeed...<>..BEST ..<>..
Flight times even with no lift are about an hour...
My last flight as was on a sked, I had just 20 mintes, hit throttle only twice !! ..<>.
Added note, will caution on the raw beginner, its brushless motor, glider responses are amplified on this beauty, a beginner could get in trouble in short order with the pause in responses of gliders, and easy to overcontrol, I've flown gliders in the past, my first experience infact was gliders, still when I maidened the Radian, I had very minimum up elevator as on launch many of my other planes respond well this way, not on the Radian, it wanted to turn on me immediately, and once I had her straight, right into the dreaded roller coaster up and down ride, was easy for me to correct with some downtrim, but a handful for the inexperienced, again simple downtrim took care of all the issue, still suggest a starter flyer to have an experienced sailplane pilot on this one, its again a wonderful bird...you won't regret getting this one...<>..