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  1. First flight with video camera

  First flight with video camera, beautiful calm day. My 3rd flight with the Radian. I managed to catch thermals after this flight and the Radian just floated aloft for about 40 min. Had to pull into a dive to get back down from about 400-500 meters. A wonderful bird. I can highly recommend this glider, even for beginners…but…do read the Radian forums as there’s loads of good advice to be had.

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  2. Mounting the FlyCamOne2 video camera

  I thought the camera and its position would have a noticeable affect on the glider’s flight performance… but so far I’ve not experienced any change at all.

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  3. ParkZone Radian with GPS flight logging

  I used my Garmin Edge 305 GPS (cycling computer) to log some flight stats. The Garmin Edge does a great job as an alternative to a dedicated flight logger. The full stats for the entire flight can be downloaded to a PC.

  My CG (center of gravity) is normally tail heavy so I normally use some ballast in the nose. I removed that for this flight and place the GPS as far back as it would go…as luck would have it my CG was spot on.

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  4. Aerial photography from a ParkZone Radian?

  Just a thought…I used a FlyCamOne v2 camera with the lens pointed straight down to get some aerial shots. The wind did not help as it was moderate and buffeting, but with a little more altitude, an HD wide angle camera…the Radian could be a viable aerial photography platform…?

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  5. Gliding in Ohio

  Even with no thermals… it just floats…

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  6. Bird's eye view over Westlake, Cleveland Ohio

  More footage from the mounted camera taken over Westlake, Cleveland Ohio