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Old 03-02-2007, 02:19 PM
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Post Beakers glider

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Originally Posted by barone
You got any plans for that Beaker? Looks like an interesting build.


If it is specifically the adaption of the Beakers glider to the Vashon cold power booster that you are interested in, then I worked from the original Beakers plan (from our View From ZENITH club newsletter, circa 1978) and from the plans for the Vashon X-13:

http://www.mindspring.com/~vashon/Beakers2.gif

http://www.mindspring.com/~vashon/scans/X13plan1.html

The original Beakers 2 works great with a pop pod on 1/2A motors, and works fine as a parasite glider on the side of any moderate-to-large sized rocket. For pop pod use with A motors, I'd beef up the fuselage somewhat from the original design. The fuselage also required beefing up for use on the X-13 booster (http://www.mindspring.com/~vashon/x13.html).

If you are just interested in flying the Beakers, a more modern version of the design was published in the Nov/Dec 1990 issue of American Spacemodeling. The model placed first in Team Division at NARAM-32. The plans for the Beakers 87 can be found here:

http://www.mindspring.com/~sportroc...Beakers87-1.gif
http://www.mindspring.com/~sportroc...Beakers87-2.gif
http://www.mindspring.com/~sportroc...Beakers87-3.gif

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Old 03-02-2007, 03:01 PM
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Talking beerloft

I would be remiss if we didn't have a "beerloft"this year,I will get things set up at the hotel for the event.
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