4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Buy it,
February 18, 2011 Ryan - See all my reviews
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Ease of flying:
It pretty much flies itself, honestly. If it's at altitude, let of of the control and it will more-or-less level itself off and just glide. I started with almost no flight experience at all, and after my first weekend I am 100% confident in this.
Durability:
Could I give it 10 stars for this? The first day I had my radian, I let my room-mate fly it and he ran it full power straight into the ground. It broke into about 5 pieces. 10 minutes later we were back in the air flying again, I just glued it back together and it flies like a boss.
After that, I was teaching a little kid to fly it, and the same thing happened. Again, about 10 minutes later, we were back in the air. Just a bit of styrofoam glue and it's as good as the day it came out of the box (although the fuselage is about 1cm shorter than where it started [and a bit bent]).
The *third* time it got flown directly into the ground was my fault. I was...Read more
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
EASY TO FLY,
November 9, 2010 Sean Hill (seattle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Parkzone Radian PNP (Toy)
If you are looking for a beginner plane to learn how to fly this is most definately a trainer plane. This is the most simple plane to fly that I purchased it just for the ease of assembly and to get airborne quickly. I love this plane and use it as my travel plane since it's quick and easy to assemble as well as durable. I've crashed a couple of times and have only lost the nut of the propeller, but nothing is broken. AWESOME!! is all I can say
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
PNP Radian and modifications,
July 11, 2011 AstroNewt - See all my reviews
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The Radian was recommended to me at my flying club, and it turned out to be a surprisingly fun and effective electric sailplane. It's almost too easy to achieve long duration flights, since it's very floaty and the powerful motor/battery combo can get you out of poor air anytime. Compared to hand launch, hi-starts or winches, having the launch system built right into the sailplane is a huge advantage at the field. However, being an aerospace engineer, I just had to modify the Radian wing. The basic 2-meter model has a blunt trailing edge which is cut off at about 1/4 of an inch high. I glued some balsa trailing edge stock pieces with foam-safe CA along most of the way out to the wing tips. After sanding the balsa flush with the airfoil, I covered it with iron-on mylar just past the joint, so the trailing edge is strong and waterproof. This improved the efficiency of the airfoil, added stiffness to the foam wing and increased the wing area by about 30 square inches. I can't...Read more
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