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Specifications
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Wingspan:
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34" (86.5 cm)
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Wing Area:
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290 in2 (18.7 dm2)
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Weight, EPS model:
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4.0 - 5.5 ounces
(113-155g) |
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Weight, EPP model:
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5.5 - 7.5 ounces |
Wing Loading:
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2.0 - 2.5 oz/sq. ft.
(7.5 gm/dm2)
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Breakdown Size:
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2.25" x 12.5" x 17" box
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Kit Price (Original EPS):
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$59.00 (USD)
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Kit Price (EPP):
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$69.00 (USD)
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| Materials: CNC Hotwire-cut EPP/EPS foam. Ultralight tape covering. Balsa. Carbon fiber. Laser-cut micro-ply elevon horns. High-impact clear plastic nose cap. Carbon fiber and stainless steel control hardware. (EPP version includes two tail options: carbon/balsa & carbon/coroplast) |
| Radio Requirements: Sub-micro servos & receiver available from liftworx. Requires two-channel transmitter with elevon mixing and ATV or dual rates or exponential (expo preferred). Click here to learn more |
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- Intense maneuverability!
- Impressive tip launch.
- Extremely low drag design.
- Liftworx quality kit & detailed instructions
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The Red Herring is an innovative R/C glider that has gained a world-wide reputation for being the most versatile small flying wing ever created.
With a wide speed range, incredibly tight handling, and unprecedented low wing loading, it performs beautifully from thermal to slope. (the EPS version can be built as low as 2oz/sq. ft.!)
It was designed here in the Seattle area by one of the true originators of wingtip launching, Harold Locke. Its unique side arm launch offers impressive launch height, so even in no-lift conditions, a great flying session always awaits, whether gracefully hunting the tiniest lift phenomena, or flying wild aerobatics to a hand catch.
Compact size, simple construction, and a Liftworx quality kit create the ultimate in portable, fun, hand-launched flying!
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MINIMUM TRANSMITTER:
NOTE: The Red Herring is great fun to fly and incredibly maneuverable, but being a flying wing it is very pitch sensitive and requires mixing for its elevon control. While the inexpensive 2 and 3 channel single-stick radios do often have basic on-off mixing for elevons, none of them have any means of reducing the pitch travel; and this makes them extremely difficult to use with a Red Herring - where some means of reducing the pitch travel is highly desirable. So, the minimum transmitter for a Herring is an FM transmitter with basic elevon mixing of the two main control channels AND one of these features:
- adjustable travel volumes (ATV)
- Dual Rates
PREFERRED TRANSMITTER:
Preferred for the Herring models is a ‘computer’ radio with mixing and exponential function available on the elevator. Exponential is the best possible solution for a flying wing’s inherent pitch sensitivity, as it maintains full surface travel, but de-sensitizes initial pitch inputs. This keeps the aircraft both wildly aerobatic, but also manageable in flight.
Transmitters for the Herring range in cost from $60 into the hundreds. Although Liftworx does not sell transmitters, I'll be happy to help you choose the right transmitter if you don't already have one, or help determine whether your current transmitter will work. You can always call or e-mail me! |
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