Vertigo F5J vs Prestige 2PK, a fun comparison 

I've never flown RC anything, but those look like great fun. They are really beautiful to watch.

Wish I could fly like you! Awesome and thanks. Good time to be flying

Talk about a dream bird. Those are beautiful good sir, amazing looking workmanship.

Never saw such seemingly easy glides. Forget the heavy radio it could be called a sort of art. A school for perfection. .. Real birds may be jealous ! Thanks for sharing.

with a very detailed comparison. 💯👋👋👍🤙

awesome gliders, these wingspans stretch globally, cant say the same with my micro gliders. well done and love the color scheme

Nice Video, Ali ;-)

Thanks for your videos , are these gliders good to start with for beginner?

Very nice comparison Ali, thanks for sharing. Curious what Vertigo joiners you were using. 5 or 7 degrees?

how would these birds compare to the Pulsar gliders from esprit tech?

Nice Flying Ali on Hand Toss flying. Thanks

I noticed the Vertigo was a little quieter on the fly by. Were you in the same flight mode during the pass for both gliders?

Cool! Flying with a Handlaunch.....

Incredibly light for the size.

Great!

The Vertigo looks like it’s more coordinated in a turn. You might be able to muscle the prestige around more but it didn’t look as coordinated and that’s more “draggy”

Hey, just interested in what controls you use low level like this to 1. Establish the bank/turn and then 2. To maintain the turn. I guess I'm trying to find out if you are mostly using rudder or aileron in these low level thermal turns.

Insane models, mind blown 👍

From a hand launch if I didn't see it I would not have believed it. No wonder they cost so much. Nice thermal detection though.

What was the breeze direction here?

Just on a hand launch can you get it on a ridge and asscend?

Well id like to step up from my yellowbees how much do these cost?

nice video, with a very detailed comparison. Concerning the ease of spiralling the Vertigo, maybe it's because of the wing joiners that have too much dihedral (if you use 7 degrees). Indeed, I have done tests with f3j gliders and found that gliders with too high dihedral turn less well than the same glider with a lower dihedral. Of course this depends on the wing profile etc. P.S: The Vertigo climbs faster in thermals because its wing profile is thicker. However, it will need more ballast in the wind (this is a theoretical study, therefore not necessarily true but it is based on well-founded physics principles).

the first one was using the hill for lift.?

It would be great if you could talk through you launch and flight modes and narrate the flying a bit.

What if you launched from a place with some tarmac, like a parking lot nearby... Wouldn't the tarmac generate enough heat to create the thermal lift you are seeking?

Thats amazing bro, but may i know what changed when fly mode changed to "thermal 1" or "thermal 2" ?

Was just looking, these high end planes sell for over $2,200! each

To be honest - this comparison relies too much on the availability of thermals at the time of launch and in the direction the model was thrown. As mentioned it would show the difference in ease of handling though, as mentioned.

Winches are for wimps! Is this how good technology has gotten? Being able to speck a plane that size from handlaunch! Impressed with both planes and the pilot.

Beautiful planes and flying. Why are you afraid to hand catch the Vertigo but not the Prestige?

Very nice! 👏👏👏 F3K-X 😅

Free energy?

i would like to see vertigo vs prestige vs optimus sport bf

magico

My highly subjective observation is that based on the audible difference in the speed passes, the Vertigo is either cleaner aerodynamically or better sealed. Is the term camber essentially a flap setting? Landing the Vertigo, it appeared there was a generous amount of landing flap, perhaps 25 degrees? I wonder if the Vertigo perhaps gives up some amount of positive dynamic stability relative to the Prestige, thereby accounting for the handling differences you observed. First generation 15m SH Ventuses had neutral dynamic stability, but were superior in performance to ASW-20’s which were more stable. SH corrected this in the V2. Schleicher has stuck with simple dihedral whereas SH and others have adopted more complex polyhedral configurations.

Prestige have better turning and overal handling for me by video. maybe it help to use more rudder in turning for Vertigo.

I tell u you were throwin them hailmarys tho.

Great plane but im still addicted to powered flight, i like to fly in more than circles lol

3 minute flight from a handlaunch???? how is this possible? anti matter infused carbon fibre weave? _this post was written by a warbird and glow engine flyer_

я нихрена не понимаю как оно так долго летит и без мотора!! но это впечатляет! хочу такой же.

I just so bad would like to build a real motorglider and ride ridges.

Oooooooooooooo Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 🤘 beautiful birds, I wish I could buy it once or maybe someone give it as a gift 😊🤞🤷‍♀️😜

I have Prestige 2PK and Vertigo F5j Poland. Honestly Vertigo is better 👍.

DONT FLY THAT NARROW CIRCLES - - -OMG - -- - AND ONLY 2 min FLYING - TIME ? - - -ARE YOU REALLY A GLIDER - PILOT ?