Note the stubby wing joiner.
Someone knew what they were doing designing this wing!
Outer wing panels come away from the inner.
I leave mine permanently joined for convenience.
Similarly, I leave the fuselage sections permanently taped together. |
 |
 |
 |
Colour Variation in Wingtips.
This is an issue with the camera!
The far wing tip orange is the correct colour. |
Colours and Shape not as sold??
A blade failure prompted a nose rebuild!
Canopy lost. This is a scratch built wooden one. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Tail end servos cover:
This does not fit well with the push rod hood in place.
Removed the hood entirely. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Large, slow-turning blade. |
 |
 |
Large 4260-500 motor crammed in!
Not the supplied motor.
270g Of lead under the front of that battery plate. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Underside Colours:
These work very well in the air.
The glider is nicely visible from below. |
Rudder Hinge Assembly:
Rather an odd hinge design.
Some care needs to be taken with this. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Large breather holes required.
Unfortunately, lots of grass gets in. |
 |
| Statistics: |
|
| Wing Span: |
3000mm |
| Length: |
1460mm |
| Weight: |
3100grams ready to fly with 4S 4000 20C battery. |
| Wing Area: |
76.5dm² |
| Wing Loading: |
41grams/dm² - very light loading for this type of plane. |
| Wing Cube Loading: |
4.6grams/(dm²)^1.5; - falls comfortably in the Easy to Fly, Glider zone for cube loadings. |
| |
|
| Essential Features: |
- Electric Powered using:
- 15x8 2 blade folding prop.
- SK 4260-500kv outrunner - Plenty of power for this glider.
- 80A Plush Speed Controller with BEC.
- 4S 4000 20c LiPo battery. Employed for their weight as much as their power!
- 270g of extra lead weight added below the front of the battery tray to achieve COG. Battery adjustment used for fine tuning.
|
| |
|
| Radio Setup: |
- Spektrum DX7S radio.
- 6 Channel Orange receiver with satelite.
- All servos are unbranded and supplied with the glider.
- After a year of flying, no issues with servos.
- Aileron servos look like slim minis.
- Rudder and Elevator servos look micro sized.
|
| |
|
| Positive Comments: |
- Manufacturing quality is very good. Fuselage quite heavy fibreglass construction.
- The rudder post is integral with the fuselage.
- Very good value for money.
|
| |
|
| Negative Comments: |
- Design comments:
-
Very strongly built glider.
- Elegant in flight, fulfilling its intended job of emulating the Bird of Time design dating back to the 1970's.
- Performance comments:
- Wow. What can one say? This glider regularly stays up for 45mins on less than 4mins motor run time!
- Loops, rolls, stall turns and upside down flight are all in a day's work.
|
