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Lazarus · 02-28-2010, 11:43 PM

You can pulse and glide this one. It's a G109B motor glider. Not near as fast but once you get up you can feather the propeller and ride the air currents until you need to fire the engine up again. They're comfortable and quite fun to fly.

02-28-2010, 11:43 PM	#30 (permalink)
Lazarus ECO-Evolution Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Central Texas Posts: 1,482 Iron Horse (retired) - '97 Iron horse Intrepid Ninja - '08 Kawasaki 250R 90 day: 76.23 mpg (US) Thanks: 17 Thanked 45 Times in 34 Posts	You can pulse and glide this one. It's a G109B motor glider. Not near as fast but once you get up you can feather the propeller and ride the air currents until you need to fire the engine up again. They're comfortable and quite fun to fly. __________________ "Judge a person by their questions rather than their answers."