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Scott Marnoch and I have been doing some towing with the Multiplex Magister and Easy Glider combination. It is a blast. We have two Magisters powered with AXI 2826/08 with a three bladed 11 x 7 prop and two 3-cell lipo 2200 maH battery packs. It is a real blast.
Scott made tow cables approx 60’ long, and with the large tricycle gear on the Magister it is easy to get the two up off the ground. With a Castle Creations Speed Controller, you can program the power down to about 300 Watts which is more than enough and keeps up the flight time.
You can tow the easy glider quite high and it flys real well, not at all like a foam sailplane. It is lightly loaded (less than 6 oz/ft sq). We modified the glider by building a simple releasable tow hook on it. The Magister has a built in tow release so you can release from either end (glider or tow plane). That came in handy on the second attempt when Scott (flying tow) and I (fling the glider) both realized at the same instant that we had a problem and release both ends simultaneously. That left the tow line free falling and both planes ok.
I know that Scott has some pictures of the flying, and I have a couple of the mods that Scott came up with to the Easy Glider for the tow hook if anyone is interested.
The Magister is about $110 and the Easy Glider $90 or so. The Magister comes with a stock 680 motor. I tried that first, but it’s a little power short.
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