aeajr
03-26-2005, 07:39 AM
My friend is trying to decide whether to go for a Spirit 2M or a full house 2M.
He has some flying experience with glow planes from years ago. Over the last 6 months he as been tossing a 1M R/E DLG and has become pretty comfortable with that.
He has a Zagi 5C slope plane. However the slope conditions have not been good, so he only has a couple of flights on that.
He just picked up an Aerobird electric parkflyer for a keep in the car fun plane. He gained control of that immediately.
Now he wants to go for a hi-start launched sailplane. I will take him up on my Spirit 2M RES for some test flights, but I think he is leaning more toward an aileron plane that will fly more like the glow planes he used to fly. Either a 2M aileron plane or a 2M full house.
He has a Hitec Flash 5SX radio. Fine for an aileron plane and adequate for a full house, so that won't be an issue. If he really gets into the full house planes, I am sure he will upgrade the radio some time in the future.
Budget is probably under $200 for the ARF alone.
I know the Spirit Elite. What other planes can you suggest that might fit this criteria?
He has some flying experience with glow planes from years ago. Over the last 6 months he as been tossing a 1M R/E DLG and has become pretty comfortable with that.
He has a Zagi 5C slope plane. However the slope conditions have not been good, so he only has a couple of flights on that.
He just picked up an Aerobird electric parkflyer for a keep in the car fun plane. He gained control of that immediately.
Now he wants to go for a hi-start launched sailplane. I will take him up on my Spirit 2M RES for some test flights, but I think he is leaning more toward an aileron plane that will fly more like the glow planes he used to fly. Either a 2M aileron plane or a 2M full house.
He has a Hitec Flash 5SX radio. Fine for an aileron plane and adequate for a full house, so that won't be an issue. If he really gets into the full house planes, I am sure he will upgrade the radio some time in the future.
Budget is probably under $200 for the ARF alone.
I know the Spirit Elite. What other planes can you suggest that might fit this criteria?