When looking to cut your own cores, did you check out page one of file 03 - Wing, Genie and LT/S?? Here is a short excerpt:
The dimensions given (10.3”, etc.), are “Chord Length” for plotting. .010” was
used for “Skin Thickness”. For each wing, Sect.1 and 2 are the SA7036 airfoil
thinned to 8.7%. This transitions to the full thickness SD7003 at the end of Sect. 3.
Section 4 is the SD7003. There is no twist washout.
The diagram above this verbage along with the above text is just about all you need in order to create your templates. No one else cut the cores of my Jouster II or my RES-MAXX, all the information needed is available.
Now if you want to talk about the items that Harley so generously puts together for GENIE builders, let's do that. He has gone out of his way to buy bulk quantities of the spring steel, nylon, rubber, and aluminum so that you and I can easily and conveniently buy a miscellaneous hardware pack that saves us from buying a ROLL of spring steel and multiple feet of aluminum, etc. Plans for 7.50 (clearly indicating for GENIE AND LT/S) is a pretty reasonable deal. Have you seen plans selling from MA, RCM, MAN, etc recently? You're gonna be hard pressed to find a plan for 7 bucks.
Add all of that to a recently available composite fuselage.
Clearly, it is a labor of love. I think Harley's real passion must be seeing other individuals discover an aspect of the hobby that he has enjoyed for decades (what else would explain the number of e-mails that he answers privately - for me it was dozens and dozens).
just my opinion,
Kevin
At 07:11 PM 12/17/2004 -0500, you wrote:
Harley Michaelis wrote:
Since I first mentioned this spring of posting of the GENIE CD content at http://genie.rchomepage.com/, there have been well over 5,000 hits. That many intentional visits tells me people are looking for worthy airframe projects. Yet, but a few dozen inquiries have come in and fewer yet have committed to building.
Harley,
Keep in mind it has been nearly a year since I first looked seriously at
building a Genie. Things may have changed since then.
When I first looked at the Genie I was disappointed.
From what it was being touted as, I was expecting to be able to visit
the web site with glue in hand, download some plans, and start building.
Though there is a wealth of information on the Genie (and great tips for
building in general), one still had to resort to ordering plans and wing
cores. This was a big disappointment for me. Perhaps this partially
explains the hit-to-build ratio.
I looked at cutting my own cores, and communicated with you (Harley),
Winston, and Les, and decided it wasn't going to happen. I think Les
even phoned me to try to answer my questions. I'm pretty sure I could
cut a Genie-ish core now, but it seems one can only buy Genie cores.
It just didn't seem right that I couldn't scratch-build a supposedly
scratch-built sailplane.
Now for anyone still reading this, and interested in a Genie, please
do investigate this wonderful ship for yourself. It looks like a worthy
project one will be amply pleased with. It just wasn't what _I_ was
looking for, but it maybe exactly what others are. And again, it has
been a year since I last looked into the Genie.
My $0.02 Canadian.
P.S. See Harley for the latest info, but my very outdated site is at:
http://isoar.ca/~andrewm/rc/genie/
--
Andrew E. Mileski
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