If I didn't already have a great glider I'd be very tempted by one of these... I've got the FPV Raptor and am pretty impressed. The wings are even interchangeable! Almost 'swappable'...
SO Cgetman02,
has your arrived yet? If so what do you think?
I would not say I was having a "hard time" with the plane. More a long the lines of I am not impressed with the plane. In my opinion it should perform a lot better than it has. I am glad you are enjoying yours. I personally will no longer recommend it to anyone. As far as spare parts go. I would have to agree the plane is pretty cheap. The only parts one would need as spares is wings (too expensive to ship at the price might as well get another plane) and maybe props or motor but like I said I have yet to break any. It is a sturdy plane for the most part. The wings are not and the plastics for the screw mounts just is to sharp (digs into the wing) so have a rough landing guess where your wing is going to break.Fish, Sorry you are having a hard time with the plane. You have been at it for a while. I'm still having fun with mine. Time will tell. One of the things that concerns me is the lack of replacement parts. I usually try to purchase aircraft with parts available. I guess with such an inexpensive plane it doesn't end up being as much of an issue.
Keep flying!
Crashmaster
Unless you have the wings glued together, that's not true. All versions of the Phoenix glider (1600, 2000, 1500/2500) have at least two separate wing halves (1500/2500 have four part wings). You do need to join them together before installing on the fuselage; and I do admit the way they are joined is not the fastest one in the world (four wood screws). After that, you still need to connect all the control wires (up to four) and then screw it on to the fuselage (four more screws). But with a tiny bit of practice it doesn't take more than 5 minutes to have the plane ready for take-off (including battery instalation/connection); there are times when assembling my Storch takes longer (due to huge and light wing; even the slighest breeze turns the assembly into battle).1. Transportable not in the least bit. The wing is just to long. You can remove it from the fuse but the wing can not be split.
I'm very surprised with this statement. My Phoenix does in fact stall easily when flying very slow in thermals; but a tiny bit more speed and it practically can't be stalled at all. And even if it does stall, it does break the stall by itself. It doesn't want to enter the spin unless forced to do so. It's true that She does not recover from a dive without any control input; but that's also expected for the plane that tracks very well. Being sensitive to the elevator input, recovering from dive is farily easy even without any power.2. This model stalls very easily and the only way to pull out of stall, that I am aware of, is with a lot of power and in my opinion the power and the elevator is not enough to pull out.
And again, I'm pretty surprised. The plane is a bit on the heavy side (mostly due to unbreakable but heavy fuselage) and is close to neutral stability (that's why it tracks so well). Remembering that it is a sailplane (not a warm/hotliner), you should not expect it to ignore the wind (and especially wind gusts) completely; but it definitely handles it pretty well.3. This plane does not handle wind well, yep I said it, again some I am sure is pilot skills however in 15-20mph winds she is tossed around like a rag doll in a tornado.