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From memory, around 750g I think. The motor is way bigger than needed, so potential to save a lot more weight by swapping out motor.

Thank you! Sad to have since sold it. Would be worth a bit now.

I love it how it is, opens up so many weird little slopes for flying as it needs so little lift and is robust

Next steps would be to swap out motor for lighter

Hey there, yeah running some micro 5g i think servos in the wings so that I don't have any bulging. In the fuse, just the usual 9g servos. The speedo is lovely plane, a lot of fun. I found very rewarding getting it as light as possible for sloping, otherwise bit prone to tip stall. I run a ~17g battery when mainly gliding, more than enough for a few hours without power

great - thanks for reply. Mines NIB at 15 years old, so regular tail, and comes with servo covers that you glue the servo into then screw into balsa spars. I've got some small servos. Was told to try the spring pulley system (using spring wire to act as pressure in one surface deflection, with kevlar string back to servo for tension - to keep light) - will see how that goes, otherwise I'll just stick to the steel rod, but it's quite a heavy rod. I'll try to keep light. Have a few of the dream flight models, but this is first balsa sloper. Am considering the phenoix 1600 for slope. Have the 2000 for park flying and it's great! You still liking the 1600 by the looks!@@jay.the.mole.7143

@@heartsoul4386 sounds good, hope the setting up goes well. Yeah still love the phoenix 1600 it's such a good allrounder, well worth it.

Yep I run a 850 mah 2s instead of usual 1500 mah. I've also put the two rear servos up front and run push rods to rear control surfaces, to allow to balance. Save a lot of weight and flies very forgiving

Yeah was pretty nice! Warilla beach in Wollongong, Australia

Thanks :)

It's LW PLA I believe

No trouble, could even put the battery further forward. The electric motor is quite heavy, older type

There's actually opportunity to swap out the motor for much lighter one, and save a lot of weight, been keen to try. Be able to save 100 g ish I reckon

The wing connector tube is 700 mm long by 10 mm diameter. Mines somewhat flexible, could benefit from a stiffer tube

@@jay.the.mole.7143 Hello, thank you very much for the lightning fast response to my question. I tried to insert 10mm of carbon into the wing and it doesn't want to be too loose and I don't want to push it in there by force. Can't the diameter be a little smaller? Can I ask you to measure with a caliper? I found a replacement part somewhere on the web, but I'm not sure if it's the one for my Radian. This one has the parameters: Wing Tube for the Radian/Pro. Specs: Length: 27-1/2 in (700mm); Outer Diameter: 0.375in (9.5mm); Inner Diameter: 0.265in (6.7mm).

@@krotitelduchu you're right it is actually just under 10 mm, around 9.6 - 9.7 mm with calipers

@@jay.the.mole.7143 Thank you very much. You helped me a lot.

It is :) used to listen heaps, still love

Typical 30+ degree slope, minimum wind for Phoenix 1600s ~7 kts (~12 kmh), ~4 kts (~7 kmh) for Radian (but I run my Rad very light) On the gentle slopes only use Radian and probs need a bit more, maybe 5-6 kts

Nice! It's such a fun plane, simple and really floaty. Great choice for first rc glider

Hey glad you're enjoying. And very good question, actually been keen to fly there but bit freaked out around landings, with the small landing area. What are you thoughts?

@@jay.the.mole.7143 Hi Jay, also new to your channel, landing is not all that hard at the top of hill 60, we just aim our foamy planes at something soft looking & try not to hit it to hard. If you would like to practice with one om my foamy gliders, just let me know.

The thing is once you fly there you won’t want to fly anywhere else, it’s awesome. Not a good area for big planes, would suggest a 1.2m or smaller foamy for there. Couple of different ways to land. 1. Slowly sweep left and right slowly backing your way in and drop down. (Watch out for tourists) 😂2. Fly around behind the hill and drop down. (Watch out for Mercedes and BMW’s)😂 Don’t know if that’s helpful at all. Hope to see you up there sometime.

@@AndrewWebster-u7f ok sounds worth a go, something to shoot for come spring.

Hi Mike, yeah the phoenix 1600s is great for sloping, just a really good easy to fly all rounder. Can fly on 3s at a pinch, if not on constant power and if using compatible esc. But 4s might be pushing it. You'd def have to change down prop and run bigger esc

@@jay.the.mole.7143 Thanks buddy I appreciate your reply and input, seems like a good plane to start with. I have flown and driven about everything RC but slope has been a bucket list RC thing for me to do for a very long time. Thank you and have a great night!

Enjoy! Sloping is a lot of fun

@@jay.the.mole.7143 Thanks Jay!

Would you mind to suggest me about your spy cam which you used, thank you for your kindness.

Weight and size are awesome . So far only half happy with video quality, but am only running at 2K. I need to get a faster micro sd card ro do 4K

Flaps would be so useful, I should do this as well. Landing can be a bit tricky atm.

@@jay.the.mole.7143 I have some videos testing these flaps out, you can see especially on part 3 how to do it :) Here is part 2 with some real life testing: th-cam.com/video/OtJLEirOTWU/w-d-xo.html Now I have them set with first position just about 5mm down for thermal hunting (it works beautifully!) with 5% elevator compensation, and then the second at full 45 to 50º down with around 16% down elevator mix, it's my final settings ;)

It came out at 350 g and actually ended up a 1.6m Bit heavier than my brother wanted

Thanks bro!

Maybe there room for a sequel 🙂

Thanks bro!

It's cool, love the open space, but not high lift type slope, not steep enough

Plans for more coming :)

@@jay.the.mole.7143 where was this flight? Beautiful overlook

@@dalekslayer777 this was Hill 60, in Wollongong Great spot, can even park and fly from car front seat

@@jay.the.mole.7143 Looks amazing! maybe I'll get there some day (from USA here)

Still waiting on faster sd card so that I can run at 4K

Shell Cove, Australia It's small slope but good fun 😀

Yeah I heard that the original radian was the best / lightest, pretty happy to find one.

you had to try to recover the glider stuck in the tree with a fishing rod... This glider is the best for me, I like to see it fly! I will build one in depron this will be my challenge