On Jul 10, 2006, at 8:05 PM, Gregory A Stewart wrote:
Talk about blast from the past... I've had one of these kits
haunting my
basement for years and I thought I've finally apply enough
sandpaper, epoxy,
and servos to it to make it fly.
This is the original with the funky wingtips made of an upper and
lower
fiberglass molding that are joined poorly. I intend to use them as
models
and carve a replacement set out of balsa, then glass them.
Besides that, any other cautions or suggestions?
Anyone have a spare set of those wingtips that are reasonably
constructed
that they want to get rid of?
Hey I had one of those! I love that thin, low aspect ratio wing with
those huge flaps. Mine had a black bottom wing surface and white/
intense yellow on top and on the tail feathers, pretty plane. After
a couple of brief, late evening preliminary flights, we went out for
our local Sunday fly and I was gonna do some serious tuning to get it
set up. I remember the first couple of flights were rough, I didn't
have the CG anywhere near right and throws and flap/elevator
compensation wasn't weren't even close. With each flight it got
better and better. Finally, on the 6th flight I popped a good
launch, everything was working really well and I hit some good lift.
It flew really well. It wasn't long before I had it way up there and
way out there, but the colors made it quite visible. I had two
friends right next to me when one suggested that I was quite a ways
out there and I had better start thinking about coming home, and I
agreed. With the three of us watching the plane I started a big lazy
turn with the flaps down a tad, enough to slow me down a little bit
and the plane disappeared....just vanished.
I looked for the rest of that day, and most of the next. A farmer
found it a year later. Bummer. I liked that thin, low aspect ratio
wing and those nice big flaps. I don't suppose anyone has one in a
box just sorta lying about....
Cheers,
Bill
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It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life. B. Baggins
Bill Johns
Colton, WA
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