RC Gliders | A love & Dramatic Story | Flying - Crashing - Spinning - Crying

It was a lovely day for doing what I love, I invited over some friends to see it in action and terrible and great things happened. This is a short story of the life of an RC glider pilot.

Featuring the Epsilon XL3, a 4 m wingspan glider, and the Riser 100 which was lost in action.

Watch more about the gliders you saw here.

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[Jinntsai]

The choice of landing area is critical for safety. I always low pass many times to test the best area without turbulence.

[SkidzFPV]

Hope you find your riser. I started my soaring journey over 25 years ago with a 2-meter glider called a gentle lady, now I fly paraglider’s definitely a addictive hobby. Keep soaring

[honzaspulka]

I love all your projects, thanks to you I am building my first ever rc plane from scratch!

[whitebeltforlife]

thank you guys so much for keeping it real and showing your process/mistakes. respect! looking forward to all your vids dudes!

[kurthammack]

I lost a Fokker tri plane in a wheat field and couldn't find it, till they plowed the field, and then I found little part's of it everywhere!! Know the feeling!!!

[oneistar]

Love how AR Wing showed big brothers how it's done :)

[GrotrianSeiler]

Your glider and build videos are my favorite. Thank you.

[viktorroswell]

It’s always hard not to fly when you should not!

[jstewart]

I keep 8 props, I like to break props. No i just belly land a lot and cant find a good folding prop around here. I buy the 8 x 3.8 props for $2.25 each APC brand I think. I get about 1 pound of thrust with my tiny rimfire. I bet it could get that huge glider up there with the help of the wind

[alistairclark]

This is a great video. It captures the stress of it all! 🍻👍

[chersuarezmunoz]

Awesome.
Libertad pura, con el viento, el mar y un grandioso planteador rc.
Saludos.

[richardjoy]

Hey from Sandusky Ohio USA, Good ridge lift, ,
I enJoy your flying, , , ,
Balsa dust smells so good, , , ,

[Aeropasionrc]

When I see it! I think! Naguebona de avión jajaja. Great job bro!

[m.s.aviation]

Oh man! That's really sad that you lost the riser. That thing was cool. But luckily you still got to fly the other one. Anyways, cool video!

[supportatthebusinesssafety]

If you have not already done so, talk to some glider pilots about ridge soaring. The landing was hard because it was across the wind, and perhaps in the 'grabbing hand' of turbulence behind the cliff.

[GaryLaaks]

I love gliders. I have a Blizzard 2m span V tail that is incredibly difficult to slow down. Quite heavy. I mixed in up elevator with down ailerons as speed brakes and that works very well. Took some experimenting to get the mix rates right. Might help your 4m span bird. My first bird was a Sig Riser. Built it over 20 years ago. 2 channels and lots of fun. Still have it. Happy flying.

[THEFALCON]

Hi been flying and building gliders for over 45 years, drill out the noise for balance weight.
extending THE WING CENTRE WEBBING FOR BUNGE LUNCHING, and bracing the outer wing, cross bracing stops wobbling, elevator rear trailing edge with hardwood stiffing it up, , rudder fin leave the legs on(10mm) drill holes in the elevator stiffing it up to, 2mm plywood on the bottom front of the fuse.Past the wing trailing edge bulkhead stops gouging on landing.
I use clevises on both ends of both pushrods. rudder trailing edge straight up . we found when flying the way you had it wobbles. (helpful hints), flown and built a lot of gliders. hope all this helps for better flights. in strong winds on the slope put more weight in the fuse on the CG flys better.

[typxxilps]

Considering you lost the Riser 100 it might sound bad but I would call it also luck that you did not loose the Epsilon XL3.
No drone for a recue mission where the plane is ?
Ask the on fb inav community and I guess you will find someone that knows someone who can help out.

[herkko]

The first 10 flights with a plane with a motor: open area NOT by the ocean, so that you can fetch the plane easily. You can use the motor time to time. The wing surfaces, ailerons, rudder, etc. need to be fine adjusted during these first flights to make controlling the plane smooth.

[tropicairrl]

Make sure to secure the wings of the XL3, in addition to the multilocks, with clear packing tape. Using a windsock or streamers might have saved your glider. If you lost the prop of the XL3 as well you were lucky to get it back.
If topography permits, landing from the back of the cliff into the wind would be a safer aproach. Crow will not reduce speed much touching down with a tail wind. Make also sure that at full crow position flaps are down approx. 80 degrees. Considering your landing site make sure to release crow just before touchdown as not to damage the flaps.
Keep bringing this videos...