Park Zone Radian Glider RTF

My uncle recently purchased the park zone Radian glider. It is a park zone plane and comes RTF. He brought it over the other day and let me try it out. I normally do not enjoy flying gliders but this one was actually fun to fly. It is made of foam and is easy to assemble before each flight. All you have to do is install the battery and wings. The Radian has an electric motor so you can take it up further instead of having to launch it each time. The motor is pretty powerful and takes it to a good height relatively quickly. The Radian has a rudder and an elevator so the battery last a long time. You can't do many tricks with it because it doesn't have ailerons but it is pretty fun without them. Park zone does make a Radian Pro that does have ailerons so if your into tricks that one would be the one to buy.

When he purchased it from a hobby store they sold everything you needed with it. It came with a lipo battery, charger, a spektrum radio and the plane. The charger is great because you can plug it right into your cars 12v plug and charge it from there. The new spektrum radio is great because it eliminates the need for crystals and is easy to bind it to the plane.

After flying this glider I may go and get one after the snow clears up here and the weather gets better. It is a fun plane and easy to transport. One things I would recommend doing is painting the bottom of the wings a different color than white like my uncle did. It made a huge difference by making it easier to see when it high up in the air.

This photo is from park zone's website

E-Flite Blade MCX2

A couple of weeks ago I finally purchase a new Blade MCX2. I have to say that this is a fun little helicopter. I have the red MCX2 that is a bind and fly heli.  It was pretty inexpensive and came with a lithium ion battery, charger, heli, and a spectrum DX5e radio. Its a spectrum radio so there is not any interference with other radios with makes it great if there are multiple people flying. All I had to do was take it out of the box, charge the battery and bind the radio to the helicopter. Then I was flying it around the room. I thought the Blade MCX2 was real easy to fly and is a great Heli to start off with. With its coaxial rotors it keeps it nice and level and easy to practice with when you first start to fly it. Once I was familiar with the controls it was landing it in different spots around the room and doing easy tricks with it. I was surprised with how nice it flew and how durable it is also. I hit it against many things and it still has original parts so far. Another great thing about this Heli is that you can replace any part on it. The parts are also cheap and look easy to replace. When I bought it the shop owner recommended that I should also purchase new top rotors, landing gear and an extra battery. Those are commonly broken parts and the extra battery can be charging while you fly so you can swap batteries and keep flying. I went online and found a deal on 5 batteries so I can have some charged just in case. The charger also runs off of AA batteries you never need an outlet to fly it. I think this is great because I do not have to keep track of a charger cable. The only thing that is has issues with is wind. Because it is small, the slightest wind throws it around so it is a strictly indoor heli. I love it and would recommend it to anyone that wants a fun indoor heli. It is also a great beginner heli to start with then move up to other electric helis.

Carburetor Needle Valve Relocating

Many of us that own gas RC engine know know how scary it is when reaching towards the prop to adjust the carburetor needle. I still fear that someday I might reach too far. I know of two people in my area that have put their hands too close to the prop and had serious injuries from it. It is always good to be very careful around props while engines are running. Always keep the plane secure while doing ground tests. A way to remove some of the danger of tuning the engine is to buy a relocating kit for the carburetor needle. They are fairly inexpensive and make it a lot easier and safer to adjust the carburetor. I have purchased these for a few of my planes and they work great. Some O.S. engine come with the needles behind the engines and these also work great. The kits replace the needle with a gas line nipple and mount the needle on the back of the engine. The needle will now be located in a safe and more accessible spot. For planes that the rear of the engine is not easy to get to there are other kits for mounting on the plane in safer places. When looking for these online search for remote needle kits. Many manufactures make relocating kits for their engines.

Sorry for not posting for a long time

Sorry I have been very busy lately and have not been able to post for a long time. I am just getting back in the sport and I hope I can return and contribute to my blog. I hope to have a few posts in within the month. Thanks