Hi,
I have built a couple of the Up models, my Dad has
also built a couple. It is a very nice, solid design,
that flys good.
Kurt
--- Bruce McCrory <bruce_at_kbdmcc.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> I just uploaded a modified plan for Slobodan
> Midich's X-foil designed
> glider, "UP", to the files. The PDF is my version of
> his revised (UP-
> Bis) design. He tweaked the original after feedback
> from Kurt
> Krempitz. The original plan is on the AMAGlider
> website (link
> in "Links"). Note, this is a test design, and Kurt
> is the only
> individual I'm aware of who built the model.
>
> According to Slobodan, [we] can change anything;
> just not the
> airfoil. That is why there is so much detail for the
> wing section. My
> only plan changes to UP-bis, as sent to me, was in
> the wing. His wing
> was a flat center panel with tips elevated; tips
> were cut at roughly
> 3-inches. The wing was also square to the fuse. The
> empenage is per
> his revisions.
>
> I would recommend using lighter wood in the wing and
> stab. This was
> an issue in the original test model. I just finished
> an outdoor
> design for a 13" model specifying the lightest wood
> possible (4# -
> 4.5#).
>
> I hope to try this model at Kibbie in 2006.
>
> Good flying, and building,
> Bruce in Seattle
>
>
>
>
Kurt Krempetz
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Received on Fri Dec 16 2005 - 11:32:19 CET