Piers Bowlan Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Here, Walsall (North of Watford!). I should point out that I am in no way connected with them but they put on excellent, well organised and friendly fly-ins in the Summer. They are also very central. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Posted by Piers Bowlan on 14/01/2017 05:46:16: Perhaps a mass Radian XL fly off and low key comp. at Greenacres in the Summer might be fun? That sounds good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Posted by ted hughes on 14/01/2017 14:37:01: Where is Greenacrers? ted...don't go...the lads there are too friendly and you'll want to go a again....... you'll fall under the spell of the club........ plus there's a watering hole/saloon at the top of the place..that sell's firewater etc.........all bad..... ken Anderson...ne...1........ stay away from G/acre's dept Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted hughes Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Posted by Piers Bowlan on 14/01/2017 15:54:09: Here, Walsall (North of Watford!). I should point out that I am in no way connected with them but they put on excellent, well organised and friendly fly-ins in the Summer. They are also very central. I didn't know there were places North of Watford. Only joking. Edited By ted hughes on 14/01/2017 20:10:02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted hughes Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Posted by Alps Elyule on 22/12/2016 12:54:31: Hi, took delivery of mine yesterday. A new batch has just arrived in the UK. Seems like a lot of plane for £139. To be honest, I's not sure if i've over stretched myself though, I am a fairly new pilot so still in 2 minds whether to send this back and change for the standard Radian 2m BNF or be brave and stay with this! I really dont know. I would be very interested to hear your experiences with the RXL, please feel free to share with me, those of you that have flown it, whats the stall like? Cheers Stay with it. A 100inch plane for that price is worth hanging on to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted hughes Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Posted by Piers Bowlan on 10/01/2017 16:41:01: I too have just got one of these from SMC, seemed daft not to at the price. I was a bit undecided whether to get the BNF version as it's not a lot more but I have a spare JR RD721 so I thought I would use that and not bother with the stabilisation. These are V2, with the green circle sticker. 100inch sailplane, just need Rx,for 120 pounds, posted. 30 years ago, I bought a 100s plane for 55 pounds, then covered it for 20 pounds, then added a Cox TeDee 20 pounds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Bertram Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I should be up for a visit to Greenacres. Edited By Bob Bertram on 16/01/2017 08:44:10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Hammond Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 I think this is the first plane I,ve tried that did not need any trimming on it,s first flight,amazing! Really good value but I,ll bet the price will soon go up so get one now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted hughes Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 SMC has increased price from £115 to £138, I'm guessing the price will go up again soon. Still amazingly cheap for such a large model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted hughes Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Posted by ted hughes on 25/01/2017 21:58:06: SMC has increased price from £115 to £138, I'm guessing the price will go up again soon. Still amazingly cheap for such a large model. My bad, this is the BNF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Bertram Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Maidened mine today. A superb floater and certainly doesn't need the AS3X. Spoilers seem to work well and shortens/slows the landing. Climb is not as good as my Phoenix 2000 but then for that I bought the version with no electrics and with the motor I use it climbs like a scalded cat. I only have 2200 Mah batteries at the moment, (plus a lump of 63g lead to get the 91mm CoG), so will have to buy some 3200 3 cells. Can't wait for some decent thermic weather. All in all, a lot of plane for the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers Bowlan Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Maidened mine today . Uneventful first flight despite using a 2200mAh LiPo positioned close behind the motor with no extra nose weight, - so a slightly aft C of G. Climbed better than I expected and very relaxing and predictable. A nice flat glide and thank goodness for the spoilers - they work! I can get the model in the car with the centre section of the wing attached to the fuselage (it is held on with five bolts so a bit of a faff otherwise). I am going to replace the bolts for the wing's outboard sections with velcro! Don't be alarmed, I have used it before to prevent the wings from sliding off a joiner and found it completely reliable, and better than losing the bolts in the grass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Bertram Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Hi Piers, Glad you had a good flight and thanks for the velcro tip, will try it. Cheers Bob Edited By Bob Bertram on 07/02/2017 20:59:45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I've had mine since August. The best £140 i've ever spent. Can land using only the spoilers and no elevator, glides for hours and the climb isn't bad on 3300. Centre section fitting is a bit fiddly but worth it. CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatscoleymo Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 1st flight today...what a lovely aircraft. Used 2200 lipos... balance is a probably around the 98mm mark..just great straight out the hand...next to no trim adjustment.. Sniffed out any weak thermals around today...did not want to come down.. Can't ask more... I stiffened the rear fus by cutting out a groove in the foam on the side and cyano'd in a 4mm carbon tube, applied clear fibre reinforced tape to the bottom of the fus (just to stop the mess) and that's about it.. This will become one of my 'go to' models (along with my Bixler)... Terrific value from Suusex Model Centre for £122 delivered.. Fats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatscoleymo Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Alps....the carbon tube is on the other side to the rudder linkage, and starts just after the decal and stops about 20mm from the end. It's around 400mm long. I just cut and filed a groove in to suit and then used ordinary cyano to fix..nothing special. It does stiffen the lateral twist considerably for little wieght gain. Have fun Fats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted hughes Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 There is some worrying talk of wing flutter, even the wings breaking up in a dive (Page 251):**LINK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 The trick is not to put it in a dive. It should never need to be in a dive, as its not designed for aero's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 brave person who puts one of them in a dive....... model isn't designed for it... ken Anderson...ne...1 write off dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatscoleymo Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Yeh.... just gotta be sensible...it's a relaxing thermal glider....not a hotliner.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Bertram Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 I have done some gentle loops with mine by initiating a shallow-ish dive first, then a gentle pull up and didn't see any wing flutter. As the chap said it was a v.1 and he hadn't done the wing mods with cyano. Plus you don't know his flying style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerman Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Two members of our club have brought the new E-Flite Radian XL and today both turned up at the club field to maiden them .But both models on their maiden flight both had the same problem They both had their tail fail on the first flights in the result both model where totally written off.I must admit I did not actually see what happened on the first one but did witness the second one ,it seemed like the tail snap off while it was in a turn .It is a bit strange to see this happen to two different models on their maidens .Was considering to purchasing one because up until the problems happened both flew extremely well.Now I am a bit apprehensive about forking out £150 if there is a mayor problem in the structure of these models .Has anyone else see or come across this problem with this model??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bob Bertram Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 There was an issue with the early ones with their tails being a bit wobbly and Eflite issued a simple fix on their website. These early models didn't seem to be imported into the UK. I did mine anyway and haven't had any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 The back end on mine flexes but it foam after all.Got into a thermal with mine last weekend and with the spoilers deployed it kept going up. Superb machine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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