Maiden Flight, Caught a Thermal

by DJO | December 26, 2014 | (0) Posted in Just Fun

Today I went out to maiden my new Parkzone Radian.  I got the PNP version and flew on my Tactic TTX650, with a TR624 RX installed in the Radian.  I bought this plane to do some thermal flying next spring/summer and was not expecting to catch this insane amount of lift today in the winter!  What a great surprise on a maiden flight!  The plane skyrocketed to hundreds of feet in the air, all without using any motor power at all.

 

Notice the wing at 0:41, as it bumps into the side of the thermal.  I circled around again and headed straight into it and rode it up into the skies!

 

Enjoy!

 

Dan

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COMMENTS

Buddah on December 27, 2014
Cool.
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Christopher14 on December 27, 2014
I remember my first big thermal, I was flying the Simple Soarer and I caught a boomer! The plane was the size of a quarter within a minute or so.
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Huggs on December 27, 2014
Fantastic! Gotta love that Radian.
So relaxing to fly - AS LONG AS YOU DON'T CRASH INTO THE FENCE
Nice Video.
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Captain T on December 28, 2014
Have you had any problems with the tactic ttx650 cutting out randomly?
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DJO on December 29, 2014
Not at all. I've had everything from the DX7s to Futaba 14SG, and this TTX650 is the most reliable radio I've had yet!
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BackPackModels on December 29, 2014
"Soaring is all about milking the energy from mother nature" - David Windestal
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Maiden Flight, Caught a Thermal