Hi,
The Dragonette was the first Micro HLG I built. Made of EPP and spruce
spars, FG tailboom and a R/E sheet tail. You need to build it as light as
you can, and use very small servos, batt and rx. I was impatient so I built
it using hot Glue as suggested for one method. The fuse is covered in tape
while the rudder and elev are sheet balsa with a recommended tissue
covering. I installed CS-21 servos, 110 mah batteries, and a regular size
Am Rx. Weight was about 5 oz.
So how does it fly? The dragonette is not a high performance micro, however
it is alot of fun to toss and bounce on the ground. You have to keep the
speed up a bit due to the weight, and you need to be careful in the turns,
not to slow it too much. It is a blast on the slope with light winds, and
we have flown it is not so light winds. There are many micros and regualr
HLG with better performance, but for the fun and durability of the ship, it
s nice. I was always bouncing of the ground in cartwheels on landing, and
it takes the beating you would give it on hard Hand launch throws. It is
also offered at a low price so it does not hurt the pocket.
If you are looking for much higher performance there are many HLGs as well
as MHLGs out there. I have a collection of MHLGs on my web site at
http://www.scrollsander.com/Soaring-MHLG.htm. These planes have been sent
to me for display and are no way endorsed. I have them as a collection so
all can see what MHLGs people and manufacturers are building. Hopefully I
can get people to send me pics and specs of there HLGs so I can start a
collection like the MHLG page.
I hope this helps.
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel P. Boyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 8:25 PM
Subject: RE: [RCSE] Dragonette by DAW
>
>> Truely a peice of junk.
>What about it do you think is junk? (you are the first person that I have
>heard say this about it, so I am curious... I am always suspicious of
people
>who don't have anything bad to say about something, but the same goes for
>people who don't have anything good to say either.)
>
>> Another sucker for NSP.
>I have heard such mixed reviews of NSP that I figured I would give them a
>chance before I form an opinion of them... This is a glider that I would
>LIKE to fly this weekend at an informal "HLG Competition", but I have two
>other HLG that I plan on flying if it doesn't arrive. If I get it in time
>for this weekend without any problems then NSP will get my business again,
>if not then I will just buy from other vendors that I already trust ( I
live
>10 min from Hobby Horse so I get most of my stuff from them anyways, but
>they don't carry anything from DAW except the pf-5 and 6).
>
>
>> Hope you get it this year.
>>
>> J. Davis
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