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easyglider:
hi guys...
New to the Glider scene im a nitro convert.... :?:
Anyway i have been slope soaring for about 2 months now probably flying bout 5 days a week, my trusted companion untill last night has been an Easyglider Multiplex which has taken my landing mishaps quiet well although Sorell hill claimed another victim in a stiff breeze last night.... :!:

Im in the market for a new glider can anyone give some advice on what they would buy as a second glider....???? im flying off a mountain so it would need to be able to cope with some tuff landings into the heather...
im also thinking about upping the wing span from 1.8m to maybe 2.6 or even three..... :lol:  would any of u more experience guys recommend this if not can u please advise..........????? :wink:

Thanks in advance guys...
PaddyD

Happy Days:
Hi Paddy and welcome to the party. I'm glad you've decided to come over to the civilized way of rc flying. Good Call! :clap:

I've only been flying a short while myself so I'll let others give you the advise you're asking for. :wink:

Like you, I lost the first glider I ever flew. What made matters worse is that it wasn't mine! :oops: :oops:

I'm down near Enniscorthy,  Mt. Lienster is my normal flying haunt. Do you ever venture that far south?

Stong winds and heavy models are my favorite situations. :D Yippppeeee

There's a fly-in at Mt. L. in September. Hope to see you then if not before.

Keith

Alan_Perse:
Hi Paddy. Welcome to the forum.
I fly from lacken too, but I have not got the chance to fly their for while.  Have been spending all my time trying to finish a scale glider I have been building. There is a good few other people who fly their too.
There is another glider from Multiplex thats like the easyglider that has a wingspan of around 2.6m. It's called the Cularis. Island Models stock it,  www.islandmodels.ie

easyglider:
Hi alan thanks for the info..... have flown with up in lacken with a polish guy called pavel very nice guy from naas too and big into his gliders........

I have checked out the cularis and it looks good would it have the same flying characteristics as the easyglider....????
i have had a look at a few online and have also been chatting to norman in greenhobby he had mentioned the Pilates b4, any views on this...????
i must say i really like the 2.65m Discus CS Terran with the landing retracts and airbrake system (anything to help slow your landing approach would benefit me) would this be out of my debth or are the big birds just the same to fly as 1.8m...???
bigger wing area = more lift no...??? :wink:

Alan_Perse:
I have a Pliatus B4. I got it from Norman. Its a good glider. But it not for the inexperienced. Mine is damaged at the moment because I few it too slow and it tip stalled and then went into a spin into the ground. The damage is repairable but I have not had the time to repair it yet. That's what happens when you fly low and slow.
When it comes to the size of the glider, I have heard people say that the bigger the glider is the easier it is to fly. I have no experience with this yet but when I finish my 3.75m 1/4 Scale K8 I think I'll will find out.

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