OZeRES Review

[@tomcarlson9622]

Wow, I really enjoyed your review of the OZeRES! I am considering buying the E-Medina from Armsoar, which is identical. Loved the "smell test".

[@nickgeomap]

Thanks. We had a lot of fun making it.

[@big-smoke-rc]

fantastic detailed video. a lot of work. well done

[@nickgeomap]

Thanks. It would be a shame to do all that work and not record the results!

[@petermelders5838]

well thought out video.....good job.

[@marcusstent]

Great video! Well put together, very objective and great summary

[@nickgeomap]

Thanks Marcus. I'm getting to like this class of model :)

[@Colin_Holloway]

Great video. I am very new to RC electric gliders and am interested in your throttle stick setup. Does that only control the spoiler and motor power is handled by another control?

[@nickgeomap]

Yes. The throttle stick only controls the spoiler. It is set up for competition where you have a maximum of 30 seconds motor run and you usually want the most altitude you can get in that time so it is controlled by a switch. Off is 0% and On is 100%. There is a limiter in the plane that stops it automatically at 30s. I have it set up so that turning the switch off on the controller re-arms the limiter in case I need power in an emergency.

[@Colin_Holloway]

@@nickgeomap Very interesting! I could program a similar setup by putting flaps on the throttle stick and use a switch for throttle.

[@CirrusRC]

Nicely presented. Thank you.

[@larrytalley117]

Is the night radian available in Australia? That seems to be the current replacement here in the USA.

[@nickgeomap]

Yes. It seems to be in stock at ModelFlight.

[@chris-adams-tas]

Great review.

[@nickgeomap]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@crnkin2]

Have been thinking of getting a new res ship to join the Pures, andreas, gentle lady etc. I have one of those alloy spinners and they are crazy heavy. Use a proper reisenauer set up and you'll drop 40-50 grams straight off the bat, cost is about $20. That motor is way out of it's efficiency range and pretty heavy. I use a roxxy 2220/20 which is 30g lighter than than your 2630 and climbs at 4.5 m/s in my 550 gram res ship. It appears to fly very fast, after losing 80g (plus losing that tail weight) you'll be amazed how much better it will fly.

[@nickgeomap]

Yep. I basically did all of that except stayed with the same motor. Flies much better now :)

[@paulneville3346]

Great video.......where did you guys get the covering from?

[@nickgeomap]

That is Hangar 9 Ultracote Lite, bought from Modelflight in Goodwood.

[@paulneville3346]

@@nickgeomap thanks Nick, i believe Ultracote lite and Oralight made by Oracover might be the same product??

[@nickgeomap]

@@paulneville3346 As far as I can tell, they are made by the same company, just sold under different brand names in different countries. www.jimead.f2s.com/covering_materials.htm

[@paulneville3346]

@@nickgeomap Thanks

[@richardburnard5166]

Very good summary. May look at this unit, but might prefer a carbon fibre fuz, if I can find one.

[@nickgeomap]

A carbon fuse would put it out of some eRES competitions. Depends on your local rules, but if you just want to fly for fun, that would be a much more robust option.

[@kev4354]

Fabby review-Thanks

[@nickgeomap]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.