Lets See Those Gliders!!!
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Wahoo!!! Lets get this area rolling with members pictures of their favorite rocket boosted gliders!!! Either your own or one you thought was pretty cool :D .
I'll start with my current personal favorite which most of you have already seen. My 4" Mach 10. It just had 2 more flights this past weekend at the blue/grey regional. This thing has flown about 30 times now and is still going strong. I want to make a BT-80 based RC one for the new Quest D5-4 motors, but the vendor I was waiting for tiny servos from just delayed their release :mad: . |
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I love your upscale Mach 10's I remember you showing me them at NARAM 35. IIRC you have a the elevator neutral during boost and it flips to glide position at ejection. Do you have any plans/diagrams on how you set that up?
Here are some pics of my favorites. One photo is one of my Sky Dart launches, another is the rear engine BG I designed for THOY, and the rack photo has my Space Twins 2000, Nighthawk, Competition BG, and Sky Dart. The Sky Dart is hands down my all time favorite. |
Scott, you already posted pictures of the coolest glider I've seen in person.
As for my own gliders, I really do need to repair my Fake Wulf's wing tip and try it again. Plus I ought to try launching my Edmonds Deltie again some time. It may need a new booster, since I left the original one sitting in my car for a year or so and it got a little bit brittle from the heat and sunlight. |
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http://www.doug79.com/cici/ http://www.doug79.com/cici2/ And here's one I had high aspirations for that turned out to be quite a turd. But I still have hope for it. I picked up a piece of hard, trailing edge balsa stock at the RC hobby store the other day in hopes of upscaling the Zoomies a bit, and seeing if I can get them to fly. <fingers crossed> http://www.doug79.com/zoomies/#lil-dougie Doug |
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Hi Eagle, Nope, I went the lazy route... It will boost straight hands-off... I do like doing a few rolls and sweeping turns with it under power though. It ejects a weighted cone just like the original one which gives it its ballistic stability on the way up. I will be reducing the weight in the nose for the next few flights though. As a result it will fly higher, but I will probably need to feed in a little down elevator during boost. I love the Sky Dart too... I have a Neubauer Rockets "Sky Dagger" that I need to get built. :rolleyes: |
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Jim's MegaDagger is awesome, as well! Allen |
I need to paint the pod for my Fake Wulf and trim it as soon as the hurricane force winds die down around here. :rolleyes: We have a launch on May 9th and I'm hoping to get the Wulf in the air. :)
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Say, I didn't miss out on the Fake Wulf kit, did I?
I actually have some disposable income at the present time! |
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An availability announcement will be made later today :D. |
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I meant your non-RC versions. Did you have a fixed elevator on those as well? |
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