GRANT ED

I was considering getting a Kyosho Stratus 1600 electric glider. Has anyone had one of these? What are they like?

Ruski

Wow, i'm not alone... I've looked into them too, i've heard they thermal great, im saving to buy one now. Anyone out there HAVE one?

tunabiker

I have one and will give it a go this weekend. All charged up and ready to go.
I have an 8 cell NiMH battery pack which, I believe, is relative low on power for a direct drive motor, but we'll try anyway.
Let you know next week.
:-)
Bill in Irvine CA

Ruski

Sweet, keep us posted. Theres one at my hobby shop and I think its one of the best looking smaller gliders out there. Let me know how it flies. Thanks

Ruski

Any word about how it flies?

thmscheng

I have one of these gliders, but I want to upgrade the power system for a little more power and a few more flights. Does anyone have any power setups that have worked for them?

thanks,

Ching

Tall Paul

I just got the Kyosho Stratus 1600... it was too pretty to pass up.
Some differences in their way vs my way.
I mounted the flight battery.. an 8x800 Nimh directly behind the motor, with the receiver and ESC under the wing.
I taped the two sheaths for the pushrods together to keep flexing when pushing to a minimum.
The pushrods have z-bends at both ends.. to eliminate the soldering needed for the clevis.
Doubled up the doubler at the rear of the wing, and tapped it 8-32 instead of using a blind nut.
Added a skid to the fuselage nose.
Flying weight 22 oz.
I can't see how on earth it could have balanced anywheres near the c.g. with the battery under the wing!
Mine is just about 1/2oz tail heavy as it is.
It's a good flier, with the c.g. uncorrected with the 1/2oz I just added.. but will stall out of a tight turn. That's a too aft c.g.
The really nice all-red covering is pretty bad at altitude against a clear blue sky.
Added transparent yellow to the outer tip panels for better visibility at distance..