Many thanks to all our customers who have offered generous feedback, contributions and ideas!

Mike; Iowa

I just got back from Midwest Slope Challenge and had a great time. Two days we didn't have much wind so I flew the Unicorn. I was using a 500 maH battery and had a thermal bump at about 100 foot off the ground and put the Unicorn up to speck high. Flew nearly an hour. What a plane. Works great.

Andrew; Oregon

I just wanted to say that you have put together a great kit for a great plane.

As an engineer, I appreciate clean and simple design, and the Unicorn definitely lives up to my expectations.

After trying electrics 10 years ago (Great Planes Electrostreak) and being terribly disappointed, the Unicorn has opened my eyes to what’s possible with some thoughtful design and testing. While the brute force performance doesn’t compare to my Modeltech Magic Extra, I find the Unicorn more enjoyable to fly. I’ve been able to take risks and fly the Unicorn on small fields that would have left my hands shaking if I would have tried it with a traditional balsa/glow fuel plane.

Also, the battery life with the stock setup is wonderful. At the small park where I fly, I find that I am actually dizzy and ready for a break before the battery has run out.

The only mistake I made during construction was to start cutting the servo cutouts on the bottom of the wing. I was able to fix my mistake, but probably added a little weight in patching it up.  I’m still enjoying the 48” span, but figure I’ll be tempted to cut it down before too long.

Bob; Pennsylvania

Hello, I have one of your Unicorn wings and love it. Last night at the flying field everyone wanted to know what it was when it really out performed a Zagi on the same motor.

Brent; West Virginia

The maiden flight went quite well. Since this is my first wing, I did take a few tries to get the timing of the launch toss perfected. Eventually I settled with the "pizza toss" method and about 2/3 power. A small amount of trim was initially required as the plane nosed up and wanted to turn left. Once trimmed out though, the Unicorn tracked straight as an arrow. By far this wing is the most stable straight line flyer of my small fleet (Slowstick, Dandy Sport, and Switchback Sport/3D).

The biggest surprise was the superb speed retention and glide rate of the Unicorn. I was simply amazed at its ability to glide forever with power off. A local gasser that I share the field with joked that I could not land the thing because it would not come down. He was somewhat correct though, as I managed to horribly overshoot every landing. By the way, don't try to flare landings with this plane, it just takes off again.

Aerobatics were quite nice also. Rolls were quite fast and very axial. It actually rolls better than my Switchback Sport. Loops were quite large and very smooth. Inverted flight was very stable but require about 1/5 forward stick to keep level, not bad for a flat bottom wing.

…But my love of trying stupid things did allow my "bounce test" of the Unicorn. I plowed it in from about 40' up, running about 60% throttle. The unicorn survived another bounce test near dark as I attempted catching the wing. Unfortunately the thing was still carrying way to much speed so I jumped out of the way and it caught a wing tip and cartwheeled slightly. The humorous part was that I had cut the throttle 2 soccer fields away and it was still screaming fast when it reached me.

… All and all I am quite pleased with the Unicorn.

“Whitester”; New York

I'm very new to flying, and to flying wings. I couldn't be happier with my Unicorn. This evening was breezy to say the least. I was flying with 2 other buddies. They both had Zagi's... Even though this is my first wing. I could clearly see that my Unicorn was flying much better and carved thru the wind a lot easier than they were.

We set up a helium balloon, on a string. And tried to pop it with our wings. I had another buddy filming the action, but he is still new to video cams. The pass where I hit the balloon and popped it wasn't caught on film, but the pass where I got caught up in the string was filmed. I crashed to the ground, but no damage.

Bryan; Michigan

All I have to say is WOW - this wing is fantastic and FAST (compared to slow stick). The first flight took a bit of trimming but I managed to get it high enough to trim it and keep it airborne. After that, it was superb. My setup is the propulsion kit from Mark, with HS-81 servos and a GWS receiver. The CG is right on the 10" mark with the battery all the way to the front of the bay (I needed no foam spacer). I installed the servos about 9" from the center cord to have better control and less bend in the elevons.

It took a bit to get up to speed and altitude (100% throttle) but after that, 50% was good for normal flying. I even throttled to 0% and it proved to be a good glider.

I love this wing. Like I said before, I have nothing (wing wise) to compare it against. I just love the fact that there's no plastic canopy to break, the receiver is held in the foam (not in front of a stampeding battery), the battery is IN the plane and the motor is above the wing and has a good flow of air to it.

John; Tennessee

I finally got to maiden my Unicorn this morning and I LIKE IT! It was a beautiful clear morning with no wind at all. I gave it a toss and away she flew without a click of trim needed. I saw no bad tendencies at all. Rolls are axial; loops are true, slows down well, and is relatively quiet. The only problem I had was bringing it down… it glides forever! After overshooting one pass I brought it around again and it still landed 50 feet further out than I’d planned.

Mark, you’ve done a great job on this plane. I also appreciate the thorough documentation.

Jim; Minnesota

I've spent the last 20 min just examining the kit. All I can say is WoW!

Everything is neatly packaged in sealed wrappers. The wing itself shows no signs of wire burns or deformations & fits together perfectly.

… Flew 3 full flights today 13-16 min each. Wind at about 8 MPH & 66 Deg F. (Yes!)  I now know that it means when a wing motor "complains" (Makes a funny noise while flying that sounds kinda like it's shredding paper) It means the airflow to the prop is disturbed. In fact I can reproduce it just by putting my hand behind the prop & blocking the airflow & listening.

What's this have to do with a review??? A lot, the Unicorn has a much improved airflow to the prop making the whole plane fly & respond better.
I really enjoy the longer flights but what I enjoy most is the Unicorns love to actually fly like a plane. (Hard to tip stall & loops straight & large like there is no tomorrow)

My brother & dad never liked wings because our previous wings didn't like to fly like a plane with a good clean constant climb out & just kinda soar. The wings I had before liked mostly to fly at full speed just a few feet above the ground.

The Unicorn (48") does everything well (& way much quieter). Inverted is awesome & inverted looping back the hard way is easy & requires no dive first. Rolls also very smooth & predictable. Reminds me almost of my gas pattern ships that were smooth as silk.

I really like the thought about chopping the wings for further adventures, but even though I've flown R/C 30+ years, I like the 48" just as it is with the more wing area compared to other wings.