Starlight Sparrow boost glider

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Hello, I have a Starlight Sparrow boost glider under construction now. It's a delta wing looking thing. The problem I have is it's way nose heavy as built. Test glides in the backyard aren't helping much. I am not sure if it has enough altitude to possibly pull out of the dive. It's gonna take a lot of weight in the aft end to balance it out. Should I fly the thing with a 1/2 A and hope for the best???What would be the cleanest way to add the weight without having big lumps of clay mashed around the BT???
Thanks
Mark T NAR27793 L1

 

[cliveroonie]

Well, let's see.

First, you can read my review of the Sparrow from EMRR:
https://www.rocketreviews.com/reviews/kits/sl_sparrow.html

I have to say that I had major problems in trimming the bird. I have thought about CA-ing a few BB's along the back of the rocket along one of the wings and the body tube. This would remove a large amount of clay necessary for trimming.

There is also talk that this rocket kit is a direct rip-off of Doug Holverson's Zoomie:
https://www.rocketreviews.com/reviews/kits/hov_zoomie.html

I flew mine on a 1/2A6. Taking a look at the flight logs, it seems that most of the flights recorded were on the 1/2A6.

Good luck and let me know how your flights went.

Clive
NAR #80412

 

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Greetings , I flew my Sparrow for the first and last time today.She REALLY hauled on an 1/2A6-2, motor ejected and she REALLY REALLY hauled straight down. I guess I didn't put enough weight on the aft end of the thing, I'm only out a couple bucks. I've got lots of other stuff to build. It would be nice to hear from any others who did get it to work.
Mark T