Finally bought a Radian about a month ago.
I'll admit this would have been a good first sailplane.
I already had hi-start experience and wanted a winch launch glider, so I was a little torn about getting one until now.

I did most of the Paul Naton mods on it, carbon tow glued to the sides and a plywood keel up the fuse/rudder joint, taped the wings, changed the incidence and CG, upgraded the prop.

Compared to what I've seen with the other guys flying stock ones in our club, it has MUCH less tendency to loop on launch.
I've got the throttle on a switch, so even with a full power launch, it tracks nearly straight where you point it.

Flying on a 1000mah 30C gets me 5 or 6 200 m ALES launches at full power.

While my Wristocrat Sr. Was broken last fall, I pulled out the FIRST plane I'd ever built back in 1985, a 2 meter Buzz Waltz El Primero.

I'm not sure what's going on with the dihedral it's awfully flat. I think I even tried to bend a bit more into the 1/8" wing rods before that picture was taken.

I flew for a couple summers back then in Jr. High and had been away from the hobby until deciding to by a radio and the Writocrat kit.

1.4x scaled up version of the Top Flight Wristocrat.
s3014 airfoil, RES, 36 oz.
I kept the basic planform from the original but adjusted the dihedral and increased the tail sizing based on the spreadsheet at:
http://www.tailwindgliders.com/Files.html

Broke the wing on launch Mid-Sept. 2012.
Repaired the wing and built a new pod and boom (golf shaft) fuse. Weight dropped to 35 oz.

Built in Sept.2011 from a mid-80's kit I picked up at a local swap meet.