geof
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I've been working for some time on this Squirrel Works Mega-Red Baron. The bag says 7oz but mine has come in at 6.5oz before painting. It has a 20.5in wingspan.
It has a nifty interlocking part system, but I have one serious complaint. The rocket itself weighs only 5.25oz, but you have to add 1.25oz of tail weight: essentially all of the ping pong ball sized block of clay they provide! I replaced this with a collection of fishing weights which look like weapons. However, it seems to me that this massive weight addition could have been avoided by moving the fins back an inch or two. Why add 25% to the weight of a glider?
I'll continue about trimming in the next post.
It has a nifty interlocking part system, but I have one serious complaint. The rocket itself weighs only 5.25oz, but you have to add 1.25oz of tail weight: essentially all of the ping pong ball sized block of clay they provide! I replaced this with a collection of fishing weights which look like weapons. However, it seems to me that this massive weight addition could have been avoided by moving the fins back an inch or two. Why add 25% to the weight of a glider?
I'll continue about trimming in the next post.