If it appeared in an MA article you can search the AMA's magazine
archives - it is really quite well set up.
modelaircraft.org (If I remember correctly)
LeRoy Cordes
AMA 16974
Chicago, IL
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On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 05:05:23 -0800 (PST) Kurt Krempetz
<krempetz_at_yahoo.com> writes:
> Hi Tim,
> Yes. What I do is basically make a fuse similar
> to an outdoor FF fuse which has a pop-up tail boom.
> For outdoors, the gliders can get caught in thermals
> and one needs to have a way to get them out and back
> to the ground, otherwise the model is gone. This
> device is called a DT, De-Thermalizer. There was a
> nice article with pictures in one of the MA written by
> Don awhile back. Also the website:www.amaglider.vze
> has pictures of these fuses and the Round-a-bout has
> plans for construction of a pop-up fuse. Where the
> pop-up fuse pivots is where I remove a screw and the
> tail boom is removed.
> I hope this helps,
>
> Kurt
>
> --- Timothy Chang <mitim3_at_sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I was just wondering for you glider guys, is there
> > anyway to have a removable tailboom on a HLG/CLG? I
> > want to have the first half of the fuselage be solid
> > wood and then a carbon fiber tube which goes into
> > the wood and extends to the back.
> >
> > How would you secure the carbon tube permanently?
> > Drill a hole? What type of glue?
> >
> > Tim Chang
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> > removed]
> >
> >
>
>
> Kurt Krempetz
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