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EasyGlider – First Flight

Posted by on February 11, 2008

Yesterday, I had my first flights with the EasyGlider. The first two times I launched the EasyGlider with the Hi-Start, it banked quickly to the right, but from what I learned the previous day from trimming the EasyStar, I adjusted the rudder a bit to the left and subsequent Hi-Start launches went very smoothly. Even with a straight launch, I managed to hit a tree and nose dive a few times, but since the EasyGlider is so light, the crashes only bent the nose a little. I’m sure a balsa model would have been in a lot worse shape. The fun thing about the plane is that both my 5 and 7-year old kids were able to release the EasyGlider off the Hi-Start with success. I hope I can learn to thermal the glider in subsequent flights. I’m also interested now in getting a HLG or DLG so I don’t need the Hi-Start.