Type : thermal sailplane
Wing span : 1981 mm (78,5 in.)
Airfoil : ?
Wing area : 41,6 dm.2 (645 in.2 )
Wing loading : (10,2 on./pi.2 )
Weight : (45,5 on.)
Channels : direction , ailerons, élévateur et flaps
Materials : fiberglass fuselage, Monokote covered built-up balsa wing
Source : Great Planes
Commentaires :
This model needs about 10 hours to complete. It has a nice fiberglass fuselage; wing is vell made and nicely covered. Canopy adjustement requires great care. This plane needing 6 micro servos, that makes it's cost goes up quite a bit. It does not need a programmable transmitter but it helps. This model is quite heavy. It's wing rod alone weights 3,6 ounces.
As it is my first 6 servos sailplane, I confess that the first flights needed much concentration even so I was used to flying slower planes. For sure, this plane flies faster than a Gentle Lady howerever it is not very fast and it flies without bad habits. I was somewhat disappointed by it's narrow flight envellope : It does not fly very fast and flaps (even in "crow" mode) does not slow it down very much.
