Thor, a floaty wing

[kyang]

I ordered three a couple days ago. How long did it take to get yours?

Very long... maybe like 2 ~ 3 weeks.
They did a good job shipping it but DHL took a long time to deliver it inside US

[Mbowns]

Kai, how many gram does this thing weigh with electronics?

[kyang]

Kai, how many gram does this thing weigh with electronics?

I am still building mine but the website said it will be something around 250g...

[Haoyang Wang]

Just finished mine and flew it at Bayfront Park this morning.

My Thor weighs 260g +/- 5g, including 14g of nose weight to bring CG to the recommended position. I am going to reduce the amount of nose weight to move CG back.

(Kitchen scale was not very precise, but when I placed Thor on top of my postal scale the wings covers up the reading. Any recommendations for a precise scale with a reasonably large tray?)

Thor is indeed very floaty. However, I found myself hopeless in over-the-shoulder hand-launch. I think I will fly it mainly on slope.

Should I launch it with the momentary launch preset on elevator, like with a DLG?

[kyang]

Finished mine but it turns out something like 295g with 48g nose weight...

[Haoyang Wang]

Without nose weights, both Thors actually weigh about the same.

The depron winglets of mine are covered in colored tape, main wings in a mixture of colored and clear tapes, and depron ailerons uncovered.

[kyang]

[Haoyang Wang]

As usual, Alice does the artworks for my planes.

Once the CG of Thor is nailed, I will replace the blue masking tape with the transparent one.

(I have not yet taken the Wabbit out to fly. For now all I can say is that the build quality is outstanding.)

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