JAL3
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One of the names I first encountered upon becoming a BAR is Holverson Design. By that time, though, the line was OOP. A bit later I found a Holverson Design Zoomie and bought it. When I got it, I learned that it was by Fun Rockets and a cheap knockoff of the Holverson original. At that time, I also did not know that gliders DO NOT LIKE ME.
I flew it a couple of times with less that stellar results. The biggest difference between this glider and other ones I built early on is that it still survives. Probably, this is because at some point it blew the nose cone out and I figured I would get around to fixing it eventually. Today is eventually.
If I remember right, the original was a balsa hemisphere. I had nonesuch so I opened a bag of Estes BT5 cones and selected the closest plastic match to my memory. I glue the base on and will paint it before gluing it into the BT.
Should I drill a vent hole to relieve some of the pressure from the ejection gasses?
I flew it a couple of times with less that stellar results. The biggest difference between this glider and other ones I built early on is that it still survives. Probably, this is because at some point it blew the nose cone out and I figured I would get around to fixing it eventually. Today is eventually.
If I remember right, the original was a balsa hemisphere. I had nonesuch so I opened a bag of Estes BT5 cones and selected the closest plastic match to my memory. I glue the base on and will paint it before gluing it into the BT.
Should I drill a vent hole to relieve some of the pressure from the ejection gasses?