Flying wing for a beginner

[Maximus_Noobius]

I'm looking at trying this part of the hobby out, but I'm a bit lost. I've been doing a bit of a search over the past week and haven't really found any RTF packages. I know I need to buy a radio capable of "mixing" but I don't really know how to program one from scratch, if I buy all the elements seperately.

Can anyone recommend something for a newbie? I'm probably looking at doing a bit of slope... and generally taking it out when it's just too windy for my Sky Climber. I usually look for planes with at least a wing span of 1400mm, but I'm not sure how stable these wings are to handle.

Max

 

[FlyingMonkey]

I'd say the Parkzone Radian might make a good choice.

 

[aiidanwings]

The GWS V-Tail mixer works fine if you don't have a programmable radio.

 

[squishy]

The Popwing is a great beginner wing, also known as the Swift and lots of other names...

Here's the original still being sold by common sense RC: http://www.commonsenserc.com/index.php?cPath=116_118

 

[FlyingMonkey]

I'd say the Parkzone Radian might make a good choice.

Yoke on my face. Somehow I read fixed wing, instead of flying wing.

Squishy has the same vote as me, I hear very good things about the pop wings/swifts.

 

[Maximus_Noobius]

Yoke on my face. Somehow I read fixed wing, instead of flying wing.

You had me worried there for a second... after looking at the Radian, I was beginning to wonder if I needed to do a little more research on what a flying wing actually looked like. But normality is now restored!

Some of the designs on the Swifts look fantastic, not sure if anyone ships them to Oz at this stage.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

It's funny that you would ask this, and then look at what the next episode of Flite Test was...

http://flitetest.com/articles/ft-versa-wing

Did they put you up to this?

 

[Tritium]

The guys were just a bit slow. I ordered a Deep Reaper from Lee over at CrashTestHobby.com just a day before FliteTest released their latest "wing".

Thurmond

 

[squishy]

You can't go wrong with a deep reaper, I have witnessed a 1 hour fpv flight with one..