They're great fun, and fairly robust
Not flown for a while, last thing I built and still have is an Irvine X-it wing. Needs some decent ridge lift to get it going, (it's quite heavy), but in the right conditions it's quite fast. Haven't flown it this year because of the awful weather.
Article here: www.cdmfc.org/archives/sep04/xit.html
or you can fit an electric motor and LEDs on them: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1iwnjuuJ5o
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Varmint, Wed 12 Sep 2012, 20:49,
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