TheAviator
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jan 18, 2009
- Messages
- 936
- Reaction score
- 123
I mentioned in another thread that I crashed one of my E6-powered gliders. Well, I was able to salvage about 37" of the 45" wing. With that salvaged bit of wing, I've decided to make an 18mm glider capable of boosting on B6, C3.4, C6, and D2.3 motors. I'm hoping that I can use it for C-RG at NARAM-57 in July.
Unlike the Fireball, this build is mostly from scratch excepting the salvaged wing. I'm using a 7mm carbon arrow shaft as the boom and will be cutting new balsa tails. I'm also going for absolute light weight, so the wing is permanently mounted to the glider. I'm also using a Parkzone 3-channel brick out of a Vapor indoor flier. Several fliers had good luck with them at NARAM last year in C-BG, so I figure why fix what ain't broken.
Pushrods will be .015" music wire in bondable teflon housings. I'm going to try to run them internally to reduce drag as much as possible.
Overall my total mass budget comes to 75g without motor, which puts the glide weight at a beefy 85g. This is a little heavier than some other C-RGs I've seen, but I also have a fair amount more wing area at a whopping 187 square inches. Most others top out just over 100 squares.
Unlike the Fireball, this build is mostly from scratch excepting the salvaged wing. I'm using a 7mm carbon arrow shaft as the boom and will be cutting new balsa tails. I'm also going for absolute light weight, so the wing is permanently mounted to the glider. I'm also using a Parkzone 3-channel brick out of a Vapor indoor flier. Several fliers had good luck with them at NARAM last year in C-BG, so I figure why fix what ain't broken.
Pushrods will be .015" music wire in bondable teflon housings. I'm going to try to run them internally to reduce drag as much as possible.
Overall my total mass budget comes to 75g without motor, which puts the glide weight at a beefy 85g. This is a little heavier than some other C-RGs I've seen, but I also have a fair amount more wing area at a whopping 187 square inches. Most others top out just over 100 squares.