Wattage's Omega 636 Specifications: 72 inch wingspan / 42inch length / 550inch wingarea approx. / ??ounce weight / ??ounce wingloading / semisymmetrical wing.

Controls: ailerons, elevator and motor speed.

Equipment: Two Hitec HS81servos on ailerons and 1 Cirrus CS-71BB (standard size) on elevator, HITEC 555 receiver, speed 550 motor, with a 8x6 propeller. Wattage IC-30A ESC w/BEC and brake. Flight times are 5 minutes on the 17000ma Nicad and 7 minutes on the 2000ma NiMH cells.

Construction materials: White gel-coated fiberglass fuse, balsa, spruce plywood wing and stab covered with normal iron on covering.

Comments: The Omega 636 Electric Powered Glider an ARF from Wattage.

This is a Christmas Present. I built it in 2 days and it flew out of my hand. Even on 6 cells this is a nice flying plane. I hope it will last for years.

I started with the recommended CG at 2 3/4 inches but have since moved it back to 3 inches. I like an 8 cell 2000ma NiMH battery pack. It is the same weight as a 6 cell 1700ma Nicad but the power of a 7 cell pack. My first flight was 11 minutes in a no lift day. The reduced weight is very noticable. The climb rate is good. Very good speed and keeps up the speed in normal glide. Rolls are good if a bit slow and flies inverted nicely. Will do rolling 360's. I am very happy with this gift. Armed with only a Phillips screw driver this plane can be broken down and is fits nicely back in its box for travel and storage.

A warning as with all ARFs don't believe all you read in the instructions. One step says to cut the elevator pushrod tube to 25-1/4" inches in length. I instead made my own measurements and cuts and then remeasured and found that a 26-1/4" length was correct for my plane. I would have been extremely upset had I followed the instructions. BUT this is not the first time I've run across ARF instructions that were completely wrong. I was teaching a student to fly and as I was checking out his glider I noticed it to be extremely tail heavy. After reviewing his instructions I found them to be in error. However the CG was properly labeled on a diagram in the same instruction set the student did not know enough to tell what was correct. BE Careful!!! and have fun.

Ahh! a final update. After 6 flights on this plane twice I landed and afterwards the elevator trim was half down? First I thought it was the clevis had jumped on the metal screw but the second time I found the culprit. The elevator pushrod guide tube that was installed by the manufacturer was not secured to it's mounting bracket and was moving causing the trim to change. After working the tube back into it's proper position I re-glued the tube and in fact all the internal bulkheads and brackets in the fuselage. Now everything seems secure and ready for lots and lots of flying. This is probably why the length in the instructions to cut the elevator tube was incorrect.