Saturday, December 8, 2012

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