Many of us want to fly F5-RES competitions or have fun with a high-performance 2-meter electric glider for sport flying, but who really has time to spend two weeks' worth of evenings putting together a balsa kit nowadays? We get it. That's why we set out to do something about that!
The E-Medina is an almost ready-to-fly (ARF) F5-RES/F5L electric glider and comes with fully pre-built and covered surfaces so you can enjoy flying the model shortly after receiving the package. To complete the model, you only need to glue the carbon boom into the nose, glue the tail-mounting carbon pins into pre-drilled holes, mount the servos and run the pull-string wires.
Created in partnership with Performance Models in Australia, the E-Medina uses new airfoils purpose-designed for the flight envelope of modern F3/F5-RES competition flying. The wingtips are specifically optimized for great tip-stalling characteristics and could handle high variations in the angle of attack. The result? A glider that turns tighter and more efficiently than similar designs, perfect for low-level thermal flying
The properly-sized and removable V-tail is designed for control and great low-speed handling, crucial during soft thermals and the landing phase. And of course, the V-tail not only looks good but helps minimize the overall drag of the E-Medina for better L/D in all aspects of the flight envelope.
The fuselage is minimalistic but fits our ArmSoar 1806 powertrains perfectly, further minimizing overall drag from the completed model.
For orders from Australia and New Zealand, please purchase fromPerformance Models
Specifications
4-channels: V-tails, Spoiler, Motor
Wing airfoils: MS series
Wing area: 36.2 dm²
Root chord: 200mm
Wingspan: 2 meters
AUW: ~ 450-460 grams
Recommended Gear
Tail servos: 2* KST X06 v6
Spoiler servo: 1* KST X06H v6
Battery: ArmSoar 3S 550mAh LiHV
Motor: ArmSoar 1806 Powertrain
Spinner: CN 25/5
Prop: CN 6x4
What's Included
Pre-built and covered removable wing panels (1* centre, 2* tips)
Pre-built and covered removable tail surfaces (1* left, 1* right)
I'm looking forward to flying a high quality glider. This has been a pleasure to put together.
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Rex
Beautiful glider
The glider and powertrain sets arrived safely, thanks to ArmSoar for making this beautiful aircraft. Just finished building and waiting good weather conditions to maiden.
But in addition, this is a customer complaint because ArmSoar sent two shipments separately when processing the order, but since the invoice did not separate them, the glider was taxed twice when the goods cleared custom.
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Steven cohen
Airplane and airplane needed supplies
Unbelievably fast shipping from the other side of the world. Super duper well packed moderna is a beautiful plane I don't think it'll take more than one or two nights to put it together. It's my holiday gift to me. Happy holidays to all and bright Skies in the new year.
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Or.S
E-Medina
The model look great, build very well very recommend
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Brian Chan
E-Medina ARF
WHile this plane is for more experienced pilots, but I found that the lack of info on the assembly "interesting"! THere is no CG information on the plane. Just a simple video on YT kind of give you a slight hints on how it should be.The spoiler is warpped at it showed up. I added a piece of carbon rod on it ( dug a channel and push the rod in until it is flush on top) Now the spoiler is stiff and straight and I also cover the back of the spoiler to prevent moisture from getting the balsa wet.Also there is no mention of how the spoiler is hinged. The cover on the spoiler bay was trimmed off at the top, none went into the bay. Not sure where the spoiler hinge can be attached. ( not liking the idea of putting tape of raw balsa!). Still waiting for the rx to show up before test flight can begin.