BouyanT_PooP

Hi all. I was considering purchasing one of these little buggers. Has anybody flown one or own(ed) one? I dont want to waste my money (only $45, but still). It looks like it would be a fun little SAL glider that I could fly in front of my house or take to the slope. The looks of it are great, but I would like some actual customers who arent biased towards Dream Flight to give me some opinion. Thanks a bunch!![8D]

jenny2657

I absolutely love my Alula!!!

It will fly in the lightest lift; usually I'm still flying, even doing aerobatics and inverted flight when noone else can even stay up. I enjoy flying this one as much as my Weasel Pro. It's my take-everywhere plane, the vertical stabilizer is easily removed so that the whole thing can be packed flat.

It went together extremely quickly; it could easily be built in an afternoon, I did it in about two days. The building instructions are incredibly complete and easy to follow and the kit is amazingly complete. You'll need only the CA glue, a bit of epoxy, hot glue, 3M 77, tape for covering, hinge tape, and your radio gear. I used just a tiny bit of watered down craft paint(Wal-Mart, 39 cents/bottle); pushrods and related hardware are included in the box. Be sure to order the lightweight clear tape from flyweasel.com. With this setup, mine came out to 4.2 ounces with only 3 grams of lead in the nose.

You will need micro-sized gear and a transmitter with elevon mixing and elevator dual rates or ATV. I'm using a Plantraco DSP-4 receiver (non-esc version, most people use the Berg-4 or GWS Pico), a 170mAh 1/3AAA battery pack, and two GWS pico servos. Even the Pico servos were a bit large for it, but I was eventually able to shoehorn them into the Alula.

Without reservation, I can say it's definitely worth every penny!!!


Jen >^..^<

tomooska

does any one have any pics of theres, looking so forward to getting mine next month(ish)

cheers

A10FLYR

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Go to RCG and check the Alula thread. I just got mine also. Should have it built by tomorrow afternoon. I've watched a few local guys fly theirs and it looks to be a blast!!

tomooska

cheers

tomooska

whats RCG?

whats the website

A10FLYR

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I don't think the mods would allow a link to a competetor's website. RCGroups.com

Slope Flyer UK

Flown mine a couple of times........great fun.

This pic was taken just after I finished it

Well worth the money, and cheap to import to the UK too !!

Regards

SF UK

tomooska

i cant wait to get mine, getting some money from selling on ebay tomorow and hopefully me and my dad will get some ready to fly for next month

Slope Flyer UK

Hiya.

The elevator has a minimal amount of movement.........very sensitive !, aileron control is just nice though.

Can't wait until my Weasel Pro comes !

Slope Flyer UK

Gear wise:-

2 x Supertec Pico Standard servos
1 x Jeti MPD 4ch Rx
1 x 300mAh "AAA" battery

I hope that helps ?.

SF UK

tomooska

much appreciated Slope Flyer UK

Slope Flyer UK

If you can't get this size battery from Overlander, I use a company called Multicell (www.multicell.co.uk)...........contact them about your requirements. I don't live far from their warehouse, so I can usually have a battery made for me within 15 to 20 mins, whilst I wait !

The Rx is fairly new, and works in a similar way to PCM. If the signal is lost, the IC remembers the last good signal and locks to it, until the signal returns !. I've used a number of small Rx's in micro gliders.......and these ones haven't played up, so far.

tomooska

ordered them the other day, on the website it says about a 2-3 week lead time on new kits, does this include the alula ? i live in england (united kingdom if that helps)

cheers

Slope Flyer UK

I would assume so..........I ordered my Weasel Pro about two weeks ago, and it was posted on the 1st of May.

tomooska

cheers, has anyone got any pics of theres or even the wesel pro

cheers

Slope Flyer UK

Only of my Mini Weasel !!.

The Purple one was my first, but I made a hash of building it.................the Blue on is what I currently fly.

tomooska

beautiful !, i really dont know what colours to do because its so small you would have to have light colours so you can see it, am i wrong?

Slope Flyer UK

The Purple one was covered in purple packing tape, and day-glo solartrim !!.

The Blue one was bought on eBay last year, and came as you see it.........apart from the SWM sticker.

Build and cover carefully, don't rush it.....

As for colours, its totally up to what you want.........

I'm intending to do my Weasel Pro, in the colours of a Red Ladybird !!

tomooska

hello, me and my dad have had our alulas in the air for the last few weeks i think and they are absolutly lovely to fly its like a whole different type of flying, we took them up the slope today, didn't think that there would be enough wind for them at all, the tiniest of a breeze ever so we went up there gave them there first maiden at a slope (for the last week or so we have been in the park hand launching) and off they went absolutly beautiful, you can go slow, fast, do tricks...... like i said a whole different type of flying, there were a few cows on the field in front of us and we was just buzzing over the top of there heads


if your looking at getting one of these then its a must !!!

A10FLYR

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Be caerfull out there...

j.m.

Hey guys, i'm interested in making a really big alula. (well, not too big.) I am not trying to make an exact copy of the Alula, and I won't even call it an Alula. I was just wondering if some of you guys could give me some basic measurements about the aircraft.

1. Root cord
2. Tip cord
3. Amount of sweep (in inches)
4. Tail surface length(along the carbon spar)

I will be multiplying these dimensions roughly be two, and then figuring out how I'm going to put it together. I will not in any way be trying to sell this plane, and all of the design credit will go to Richter. (@dream-flight.com)

Okay, enough about copyright infringement.

I plan on hot wire cutting the wings out of pink extruded foam insulation. This foam is generally a lot stiffer than the more common blucor material.

This plane will most likely be launched DLG style, and to make it strong enough, i will be giving the leading edge a nice 3/4oz glass treatment, and i will just leave the trailing edge alone to save on some weight. I also plan on doing the common mod to use separate aileron and elevator controls, and I will be increasing the dihedral quite a bit so that i can make the back half of the vertical stabilizer into a rudder. I will have 4 micro servos in the plane to allow for this, but i don't think the extra weight will be a problem with a 50-60 inch dlg aircraft. The throwing peg will be mounted in a hard point, and will be airfoiled as is expected.

Thank you my friends, and i will post pictures of my progress as soon as i get dimensions.

BMatthews

Links to specific threads like in answer to this request are fine.

Cheers