Won't you be surprised if this turns out to be one of the better flying
ones ? Think you can duplicate this building technique if necessary ?
<Grin>
WOW ! Outdoor testing at midnight !!!!!
LeRoy Cordes
AMA 16974
Chicago, IL
On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:37:50 -0000 "Bill Gowen" <wdgowen_at_earthlink.net>
writes:
> Tose who know me are probably familiar with my fondness for building
> with CA. Until recently I used CA for glider construction. A lot of
> glider builders seem to think this is a good practice. Probably for
> high ceiling, highly stressed gliders it's a good idea.
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> For my low ceiling gliders I've gone completely to Duco for
> building.
> A new advantage to this just came up this week. I was out testing a
> Cat II glider at midnight a couple of nights ago and lost it in the
> dark. It flew between a couple of neighbor's houses and
> disappeared.
> Rather than taking a chance on getting shot, I left it until the
> next
> morning. When I found it, all the surfaces were warped into really
> interesting but not very efficient shapes. I took some acetone and
> completely disassembled the stab, wing and rudder from the fuse and
> separated the two wing panels at the dihedral joint. A little
> ironing
> with a Monokote iron got the panels back into a reasonably good
> shape
> and I'll put the model back together today. This whole process took
> maybe 15 minutes - a lot better than having to start over again.
> Hopefully the repaired glider will be usable when I get it back
> together.
>
> Thanks to Kurt for the gluing advice and to Jerry for the ironing
> idea!
> Bill Gowen
> Decatur, GA USA
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LeRoy Cordes
AMA 16974
Chicago, IL
Received on Wed Dec 28 2005 - 11:21:41 CET