On days I am stressed out due to PTSD I pull out the ASW-17 2.5m and send it up 400ft and glide as long as I can keep it up sometimes over a hour. By the time I land it I am totally relaxed. Good video Adam
@@KennethWhiteakaruckusbringa Its not totally true. It will ride thermals just not as nice as lighter gliders. At any rate Itis a awesome glider and I hope you enjoy yours as much as I have enjoyed flying mine.
Happy New Year... I am new to the world of RC Airplanes. Your calm and in-depth reviews have help keep me encouraged. Had the 28 for several months now, finally I am ready to jump into the deep end thanks to your review. Again, thank you for your down to earth and informative reviews.
I would really appreciate it if you could make a movie on how you actually did the programming of the receiver. I really like the factual approach you use when reviewing a new plane. Trustworthy.
We may do that at some point Ken. I will say this, once you go in to forward programming and start the "Initial set up" process, the transmitter takes you through the prompts and instructs you what to do at each step. It was so much easier than I thought it would be.
Wonderful to see a review by someone with all your experience and understanding. I have flown full scale and RC sail planes for many years. I am amazed what these foamies can do. My old balsa gliders are no match compared to the new material’s. In the very old days in full scale and RC, we thought a light wing loading and high lift wings were the way to go with giant spoilers to get down. That only holds true when you are in a thermal. But not the best for when you’re hunting for them. So developed razer thin wings low drag. Then went from spoilers to flaps primarily because of your ability to go from razer thin wing to higher lift when you want it. But increases drag. In full scale, you know your best L/D speed, (distance you can glide). Minimum sink speed. (Used in a thermal) , and mcready which is maximum speed trade off vs altitude loss used in racing. And the art of coring thermals. The wing on this glider is a beautiful design of low wing loading great thermaling .Where the Volantax asw28 is the same airplane with the razer thin wings. I love them both! Like different tools in the toolbox. This is the best by far for learning to core thermals. There is an excellent simulator for this used by glider pilots around the world, called Condor. You develop a feel for thermals. If, your right wing rises , thermal is to the right. If your left wing rises, thermal is to the left. If your nose rises, thermal is in front of you, if your tail rises, you just flew through it. Can’t wait see your thermals! Cheers
Greetings from Tasmania Adam & Heidi. It looks a great glider indeed & so well presented & reviewed. I think the nearest we could purchase here of this type is the Volantex type. I have the original Consendo & Radian Night which i love flying. Many thanks mate.🇦🇺🦘👍👏
I can't get my head around what to feel about gliders. A part of me think they are awesome. But whenever I take one to the skies, I always wish I brought something else. Maybe it's because my gliders are not the best quality. I scratch built a tiny un-motorized hang-rat once. It was cool, but short lived🤣 Love the high-speed sounds👍 And your review is top notch as always✌️
Thanks man. Yes I get bored trying to find thermals, but that is mostly because I don't know what I'm doing yet! Lol. Its nice when they are as capable as this one so I can resort to climbing high, and then using energy to do aerobatics.
A glider may not be a go to plane for me but there is definitely some satisfaction in flying and understanding how to keep them aloft. This is a really nice glider with some nice options. As always Adam great review.
For those who would prefer to purchase the voltage adapter, HH/Spectrum has a pre-made one... Telemetry Battery Voltage Sensor: EC3/IC3 Item No. Spektrum - SPMA9556
NICE! IMO the real fun begins when the model is used as a sailplane, using the motor only once to gain soaring altitude, then motor is off for the full flight; relying on thermals etc. only, to fly. I had the smaller model to this, the Volantex Phoenix 1600, and it soared beautifully. Great video Adam.
Great review Adam, I secretly love gliders as well, don't tell anyone.. One pro tip I will give you and your followers: Ditch the plastic prop hub, it's not a matter of IF, it's a matter when. Don't ask me how I know, they all fail eventually, and it's not a pretty sight when they do, often at full throttle climbs... Happy gliding
Very nice informative video, thanks for that! The only thing I missed was a little more info on the radiosetting. Did you just set it up as an ordinarie plane with flapsystem. Did you do any brakes? Hasn't the nx8 a crowmode in the meny. I would love a tutoriel on how to set up a motorglider in a good way with some advanced radiosettings. Greetings from Sweden😀
Thanks very much! We just set it up stock to review it in stock form. You would have to eliminate the automatic plugs on the wings to give each aileron its own separate channel for mixes like crow, etc. That is doable though. I'm not really an advanced glider pilot (as far as actual gliding) so I don't really need the mixes at this point.
Adam. Very nice glider from Tower. I have the 2.5m FMS version. Lot a similarities with this one. I love those high speed power off dives and turns and the sounds it makes. Love how you have the radio setup to capture the thermals. Very cool my friend. 👍👍😊
Great review as always Adam. Ive been looking for a new glider, I think this will be the one. I appreciate your professional, thorough reviews. You’ve become one of the best on RU-vid 👍🏼
Thanks Adam, really enjoyed the review of the Tower Hobbies ASW 28 2.0m. I think this plane is far more capable than I will probably ever be on thermal gliding but agree that it would be a great addition to the hanger. As a bonus, I even learned more about what my NX8 is capable of and looking forward to setting some of those things up. Thank you.
I'm a bit like you Adam, Sail planes are not really my thing!! But that was a great review of what looks like a very capable and sporty Glider!! Great filming as well by your second in command 😀👍
Thanks for the great review. It was very thoroguh and informative. I wonder if you have a tutorial on how to solder the leads in to the battery connector so that you can get battery telemetry (without having to get one of the Spektrum Smart Avian ESCs). Also, it seems like the tower Hobbies version of the ASW 28 is better than the Volantex version.
@@ModelAV8RChannel Thanks so much for the link!!! Wow, $28 for the adapter. I guess it is better than paying $60 for a new Avian SMART Esc, but that still stings :( Yeah, I know that I shouldn't fly with Spektrum gear if I want to save $$$'s on RC gear
@@marinrealestatephotography You could also just use that as a guide to solder your own. Another easy way to do it would be to just cut the connector off of the esc and solder the telemetry wires into the new connector. No hill for a climber, but the adapter makes it as easy as it can be if you decide you don't want to solder it yourself.
Thanks for the great review! I saw this when it first came out and it piqued my interest in the ASW 28. Now I’m ready to get it but I have a question. I’m concerned that after a few times of tightening and loosen the wing screws to connect and remove the wings for transport and storage, they will strip out. What are your thoughts?
Thanks very much! I think as long as you don't over tighten them you'll be good. I think sometimes things like that strip because folks get in a hurry and cross thread them. If you make sure the threads are properly engaged, and just snug them up...should be good.
Great review and great flying, Adam. Spektrum AR637T is a great telemetry receiver, especially with the ease of being able to program AS3X from the NX8, in my case. Two areas of receiver installation I had problems with were hooking up the voltage leads somewhere. Pushing them into the battery plug has not worked. Other issue is securing the receiver to the airplane which is important. You did not talk about that and installed yours with the plugs facing aft. Great for getting antennas away from interference heading forward, but how do you plug and unplug servos into the receiver after it is secured? Thanks for all your help.
Hey Robert! Thanks very much. To hook up the voltage leads (if I do it) I usually cut the connector off and solder on a a new connector. I can easily solder the Rx voltage leads into that as i do it. I use servo tape to install the RX. If I need to change a servo I can just cut it loose with a hobby knife and just re-do the servo tape installation.
I was hoping that you might be able to share the gaines and other settings That you used For the Tower hobby ASW28. I'm trying to make a similar plane using an AR630 receiver
Thanks Adam for a great video showing the wide spread of performance available in this kind of model. Maybe a crow flap setting for a more precision landing ? Also a high lift position with combined aileron flap of a few degrees down for thermalling might be worth a try... it's fun to experiment with these things.
very nice !!! I'm a little OCD when it comes to pushing wires into foam, or pushing connecters into Rx etc. (ie. ant. lead).🙂.. I use a (rounded off) 'wood' toothpick, dowel or popsicle stick so as not to nick the insulation or cut if it slips...just me, can't help it 🤣 great vid, tnx...
Nice flying as always Adam, I haven't flown this one yet but I do have a 2.5m ASW-28 (a wood and fiberglass built up model) and the FMS 2.5m ASW-17 and I've found them to be a lot of fun for sport gliding but they do not make good thermal ships unless you're flying in very strong lift. I have both of mine set up through the glider programming menu with full span camber control and it's still not enough to make them good for chasing thermals. Foam is not the best material for gliders, it's just not rigid enough to have sharp leading and trailing edges for better aerodynamics. That's why they whistle so loud :p Looking forward to the next video once you've had some time to get used to it and really dial it in.
Thanks man! Yeah I realize the best gliders are composite or balsa, I have realistic expectations. I don't think I'll ever be a high enough level glider pilot to want one of the really high end ones, but you never know! I have to say, the whistle is my favorite part! Lol.
@@ModelAV8RChannel The whistle does sound cool, but it's the sound of drag. These 4 servo wing foam motor gliders are a lot of fun once you start digging into the available options in the glider programming menu and remove the y-harnesses in the flaps and ailerons. CROW braking and full span camber control/full span ailerons really opens up the flight envelope.
As an FYI; You can get dihedral with a straight carbon fiber rod by incorporating the angle in the wing's pockets. This is done on my balsa Pilatus P-6 Porter from The World Hobbies.
Yeah Jim a lot of planes are done that way. They usually don't have a very long tube though as they can't really. I have many models that way. The ASW 28 has thin wings and very long rods, so not a possibility with it.
