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Old 05-29-2005 | 11:28 AM
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Hi all, iam in need of some advice on getting into Electric Assist gliders or hotliners.

at the moment i fly a 36inch wing with a 3 cell lipo (11.1v), brushless 16/15/5 mega motor and a 6x4 APC prop

this is the glider i like most in size and looks nice scale (not sure how it will fly) http://www.modelflight.com.au/rc_mod...lanes_grob.htm

this one good price some advice http://www.modelflight.com.au/rc_mod..._dragonfly.htm

nice size (bit bigger) http://www.modelflight.com.au/rc_mod...nes_petrel.htm

any other ideas would be great to

also do i need to put a brushless motor into the glider cause most stock motors suck.

(dont want to spend to much money but dont want to have **** stuff eather)

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Old 05-29-2005 | 10:43 PM
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All three look nice.

Are you looking for a glider for slope soaring or thermal duration?

If you want to go for least money, add a gear box and begger prop for better climb using standard motor.

If you have the money, then go brushless.
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iam looking for good glideing and also speed when i want but i also like to go fast

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Old 05-30-2005 | 03:02 AM
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ORIGINAL: cole2

iam looking for good glideing and also speed when i want but i also like to go fast

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OK, sounds like you may not be looking to slope or thermal this plane. Sounds like you plan to fly this as a power plane but glide with the motor off at times. I am sure any of these planes with the proper motor/gearbox/prop will serve you well.

I fly slope gliders and I fly thermal duration gliders. I don't fly electric gliders yet, but the ones I am looking at are all oriented toward thermal duration use. That is why I asked.

I can't really advise you on which plane as we are looking for different things in the plane.
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ok thanks for the help, if i was looking to thermal what would you recomend with a motor to take me up to height then thermal with motor off (i dont have a hill near me to slope but live in a very windey city and dont want to launch via bungee)

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Old 05-30-2005 | 08:37 AM
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That's one reason I have a Storm 2M from SOBOX. I like to thermal but once in a while I get a bit crazy with speed. Quite a few (most?) thermal planes really don't like to be abused with aerobatics.

Planes like the Storm have a hollow molded wing and are built to take the rigures of aerobatics but will thermal nicely too. I'm running a F10LMR on 7 to 10 cells to get it up there quickly but you could go a less expensive route and still have fun.
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hi can you please send me a link of where i can buy the storm and what is a good brushless set up for it or would the brush set up be ok

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