The riser 100 is a really nice RC glider kit, building this balsa wood glider took me to my early times in aeromodelling, this is a totally classic glider, no propulsion system, just pure glider. Channels: 3, elevator, rudder and spoilers. Wingspan: 100" or 2.5m Weight: about 1.5Kg Build time: About 20 days Covering: Transparent red Solarfilm, solid white Monokote.
After the build was completed I tested the glider in a huge flat area and threw it by hand to get a feel of its glide pattern, then a couple of days later I went to Bray head, and flew at the edge of the slopes, the wind was not that good but it was a respectable flight for few hours, doing slope soaring.
Joerg saw me soaring the cliffs last week whilst he was out running the coastal path and stopped to speak to me because he`d just purchased a couple of models to learn to fly and in particular he...
