JDConover
Junior Member
I haven't found a review on the ArtTech 98" Wing Span Diamond 2500 3D Electric Powered EPO Glider Airplane 2.4G RTF, so naturally I thought I'd post one.
I'm not sure that I would recommend this setup to anyone. Below are some of the issues I had when I received it.
1. The brown shipping is made out of very light weight cardboard that didn't provide much protection. The package arrived in horrible shape and consequently there were quite a few dents and dings in the Styrofoam.
2. The balance weights were not glued very good and came loose during shipping as well. I managed to put them in what I believed was their original position with some hot glue which seemed to work well.
3. The control horns were not attached very well, but after some work I was able to make some modifications to get them locked down into position.
4. The screws that fasten the T-tail in place didn't line up very easy with the threads in the vertical stab, and the glue holding the threads in-place tends to wrap around the screw making it difficult to tighten properly. I had to clean the screw threads off multiple times.
5. I covered the bottom of the fuselage and leading edges with packing tape in hopes that the grass will not rough it up too much.
Aside from being just a bit more nose heavy than I like the glider performs decent. If you order this plane, plan on going over it in detail. There seem to be a lot of gotchas that could break easily or put it in the dirt.
Hope this helps someone.
I'm not sure that I would recommend this setup to anyone. Below are some of the issues I had when I received it.
1. The brown shipping is made out of very light weight cardboard that didn't provide much protection. The package arrived in horrible shape and consequently there were quite a few dents and dings in the Styrofoam.
2. The balance weights were not glued very good and came loose during shipping as well. I managed to put them in what I believed was their original position with some hot glue which seemed to work well.
3. The control horns were not attached very well, but after some work I was able to make some modifications to get them locked down into position.
4. The screws that fasten the T-tail in place didn't line up very easy with the threads in the vertical stab, and the glue holding the threads in-place tends to wrap around the screw making it difficult to tighten properly. I had to clean the screw threads off multiple times.
5. I covered the bottom of the fuselage and leading edges with packing tape in hopes that the grass will not rough it up too much.
Aside from being just a bit more nose heavy than I like the glider performs decent. If you order this plane, plan on going over it in detail. There seem to be a lot of gotchas that could break easily or put it in the dirt.
Hope this helps someone.
