GWS Pico Stick & Pico Stick F
Gentle circles at half court, then swooping under the basketball rim
just missing the net. Indoor electric slow flyers offer a whole new
experience of flying fun, and GWS offers one of the easiest and least
expensive ways to get into indoor flight.
GWS's new Pico Stick is the simplest way we've seen to jump into this
indoor hobby. The Pico Stick is GWS's "sort of" semi scale indoor
version of an Ugly Stick. With its spruce stick fuselage, foam wings and
tail surfaces, molded wing mounts, and radio mounting hardware, the Pico
Stick can be ready for flight in about two hours.
The kit includes a powerful dual ball bearing micro motor, gear
reduction drive, and propeller. Up and running An efficient gear
reduction drive gives plenty of power for over 13 minutes of flying fun.
At just 7ounces ready-to-fly weight, the Pico Stick is incredibly light.
Rate of climb is excellent as we typically take off from the floor and
climb just below the 20-foot gymnasium ceiling in a mater seconds.
Estimated cruise speed is in the 5 to 8 mph range, but what's most
incredible is that we commonly get over 13 minutes of flight time on a
270mAh battery pack.
Flying the Pico Stick is easy and fun. It's fairly responsive, which
is necessary for tight indoor maneuvering, and has no bad slow speed or
stalling habits. Because of its ultra-light weight, the Pico Stick
should be flown indoors or outdoors only in dead calm conditions.
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