Mike, I flew towline FF gliders in the 40's and 50's. I flew Thermic 72's and a Thermic 100. One day I saw a Cleveland Condor and a new large glider called the Imperial. The Cleveland Condor plans have the following information: Condor Soarer E-19 72 in Class D Glider 294 sq. in. area Copyright 1947 The Cleveland Condor looks to me like it was inspired by the German Condors designed by Edgar Dittmar, 1932-1938. The book Sailplanes 1920-1945 by Martin Simons said that Dittmar tried to incorporate the best features of the Wien and Fafnir sailplanes. The Cleveland Condor has the rudder LE going straight up, unlike the German Condors that have the rudder LE angled back. The Cleveland Condor has a fixed wheel while the German Condor HD-1, Condor 2A, and Condor 3 all have landing skids. The model has a highwing with gull wing dihedral. The gull wing break is at the mid span, 18 in. The wing has a 5 in. chord for the first 18 in, and then it tapers. The wing has 5 spars in addition to the LE and TE. The fuselage is built one half at a time. The formers have 12 stringers on each side. The fuse is 29.5 in. long including the rudder. I can remember an advertisement in one of the model magazines years ago that said all of the Cleveland plans were available. You could try a Google search for them. My set of plans has a note under the title block that says something like "infringements, Copying, Tracing Or Duplicating All Or Parts Or -------" Most of the gull wing free flight models that I have built or seen did not have enough spiral stability as a FF model. A turn tends to tighten up into a spiral dive. The present lightweight RC systems can solve that problem. Bob Harold
**************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)
