Lidl gliders available again
- ozrs
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- Phil_G
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Re: Lidl gliders available again
Dunno but if you copy the geometry from the pics Rich, mine does twinkle rolls and its really very responsive which is how I like my gliders, needs very little stick movement in normal flight. Shaun has flown mine, he'll confirm its really snappy
30mm and 65mm for me:
30mm and 65mm for me:
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Re: Lidl gliders available again
With hindsight, I put the 'spar' (pivot axle) too far back on my Lidl wingeron, and the place where the control rod to the servo entered the wing a little too far forward. I test flew it and it was controllable but even with the transmitter throws maxed out it was not very responsive. Rather than remake the wing pivots, I just fabricated some extra-long servo arms by cutting one long arm off a servo and fastening it on to the end of the other long arm. I now get slightly more wing travel than is shown in Phil's video.
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Re: Lidl gliders available again
Mine are nearer 35mm and 100mm
You can see the original position where the control rod went in near the wing leading edge, and the cutout in the wing stub to give clearance. With the longer servo arms, I also made some new links that fit into the wing further back, so those cutouts are no longer used - the clearance cutout is now in the wing panel rather than the wing stub.
You can see the original position where the control rod went in near the wing leading edge, and the cutout in the wing stub to give clearance. With the longer servo arms, I also made some new links that fit into the wing further back, so those cutouts are no longer used - the clearance cutout is now in the wing panel rather than the wing stub.
- ozrs
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Re: Lidl gliders available again
Thanks for the info guys - that's more than I need to get started - will post some pics when done.
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Re: Lidl gliders available again
Spotted at our patch today. LIDL Twin. 2x 100W motors. Goes like stink ! Conventional Ailerons and Elevator. No rudder but differential throttle instead (subject to ongoing experimentation)
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- Wayne_H
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Re: Lidl gliders available again
A man after my own heart, BUT, Damn - he beat me to it
I'd envisaged my "variant" to have a T-tail, like the full size Bronco. Ah well, maybe one day
Cheers,
Wayne
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Wayne
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- Wayne_H
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Re: Lidl gliders available again
Aussie folks can get the Lidl glider (if its not out of the same Chinese factory I’ll be amazed!! ) from K-Mart for $10
https://www.kmart.com.au/product/big-fo ... -43073931/
Also available in NZ from K-Mart but I don't have link details. Thanks for the "heads up" Barry
I've ordered 4, currently in transit. It'll be good to try some of the conversations you UK types have experimented with. Also, I can do a direct comparison with the Banggood Cheetah.
https://www.kmart.com.au/product/big-fo ... -43073931/
Also available in NZ from K-Mart but I don't have link details. Thanks for the "heads up" Barry
I've ordered 4, currently in transit. It'll be good to try some of the conversations you UK types have experimented with. Also, I can do a direct comparison with the Banggood Cheetah.
Cheers,
Wayne
Once a Retrobate, always a Retrobate............
Wayne
Once a Retrobate, always a Retrobate............