1/37 scale Buran Orbiter R/C rocket glider

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Frank, how are the servo wires run?
A short portion is taped to the bottom of the wing over to the center and then through a slot in the wing up into the fuse and forward through the forner holes to the front where the rx is velcro'd. I routed them after I sealed up the fuse but could see them through the motor tube in the back, the first wire dropped right through, second one took some swearing and jiggling...on my 1:26 version I routed them before I sealed up the fuse, oartly because I wanted to tape them down to prevent boost loads from tugging the wire connection to the rx, on this one the wires are shirter and lighter. On the big one the holes were in the center of the formers and I knew I couldn't route them afterward, on this I put the holes in the bottom of the formers but I still should have routed them first. Sometimes I just try different things just to see how it works. The taped wires are painted over so atent obvious in flight.
 
10.8 oz on an E6 should fly just fine.

I'm curious, when are we going to get the all-up stack? :p (I've got the aerodynamic stability analysis done if you ever actually want to do it.)
 
Ok, I did the same thing today with my 1:52 size design, with the plan to lighten it from 7.5 oz with E-6 to be light enough to fly on D2.3 motors, by replacing the BT-80 tube and removable cone with a builtup fuse and fixed nose with hatch. Identical construction as the 1:26 and 1:37 versions, just smaller. Ideally under 5.5 oz. If I just replaced the motor and motor tube and nose weight it would weigh 6.25 oz, built up it is Currently 5 oz rtf less decoration. IMG_20240227_115933044_HDR.jpgIMG_20240227_120102129_HDR.jpgIMG_20240227_124047321_HDR.jpgIMG_20240227_125347294_HDR.jpgIMG_20240227_125836889_HDR.jpgIMG_20240227_125843931_HDR.jpgIMG_20240227_132919730_HDR.jpgIMG_20240227_133325518_HDR.jpgIMG_20240227_153700869_HDR.jpgIMG_20240227_153704377_HDR.jpg
 
Finished up, 5.3 oz rtf with decals. Came out a tiny bit nose heavy so I sealed up the hatch and recut it further aft so I could move the rx and battery back a tad. Like an idiot I planned for everything but forgot to cut a pass through hole in the two forward formers for the servo wires before I put the skin on, so had to cut the forward one, then tape my exacto to a basswood stick and pass it through the first former hole and remotely cut through the second one, worked like a charm. Remember its not wherher you will screw up or not, its how you recover when you do😃

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I'm thinking my wife might [further] question my sanity if I start prepping a ~1/37 Shuttle stack to go with my 1/37 Mercury, Atlas, and Titan.

It's be smaller than a 1/37 Saturn V!
 
Got a chance to fly both the 1:37 and 1:52 burans today, here is the 1:37 version, flew nice, needed a bit of boost and glide trim adjustment, a gust of wind caused it to hang on the rail just a bit for the second flight.

 
3 more very nice flights in dead wind this morning on the 1:37 Buran, right at 55 second glide time for every flight!
 
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