glider

Well its about time for me to start building this kit now. It was gifted to me by another member of my local flying field a few months ago, and I am determined to make it the best sailplane I have ever built and have it do excellent in competition. I have not done an inventory yet on parts. Here...

How do you scale down PDF plans for planes?? I wanted to make a mini ShrubSmacker out of cardboard as a prototype, but I have no idea how to scale down plans. Thanks in advance, _________Planesandthings

So, I took out my brand new Night Radian today. First time out of the box was setting it up at the field (SAFE off). Went through the CG and trim flights without too much issue and started a few runs back and forth across the field. Found a few little thermals that kept me aloft for about 10...

This Fun and Easy Chuck Glider goes together like a Piece of Cake! This Great flying Chuck Glider is a Great project for Beginners and Kids! It only takes around a Sixth of a sheet of Foam Board and 1 or 2 Pennies! You can see that I placed my penny right Above the Scoop on the nose! Also Please...

I'm new-ish to RC planes. I'm looking at building a glider (either for tow-release or slope soaring) but when putting the electronics together, I realized that the receiver runs on 5V, and if I don't have a motor (or ESC) then I don't have a decent way to generate 5V to power my receiver. Is...

For Father's Day 2020, my son wanted to make a plane and he picked out the Concorde from one of his jet books. So we looked up a picture, printed it out and cut it out of foamboard. It ended up working so well that I thought maybe others might want to have some fun with it! So here ya go! I...

Hello all - anyone got a link to some plans for the stem version of the cub glider - would be great for lock down education! Cheers

Hi all, I designed this glider using the aluminium down spout as the fuselage. I like to post it here for your review and suggestion on how to improve on it. The reason that I have chosen the aluminium down spout is because it gives me a lot of room for my battery and electronics so that if I...

Getting back to the hobby again, I'd like to do what I did not manage when i was ~15 in ~1990: flying (and be able to control) my Graupner ASW 22. The plastic fuselage is less white now, and might be weaker than it used to be. I've replaced the rudder and elevator servos and swapped the standard...

My latest design, a 2m sailplane. It was inspired by Tony Mellor's Alto saiplane, found here: https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=11611 I wanted a glider with well-rounded capabilities that could handle a variety of wind conditions. We'll see if it succeeds in that regard, but I have...

Hi, im building a 2,6 meter scale glider pretty heavy. The wings will be cut out off styrofoam and covered with fiberglass. Its my first time cutting wing, and trying to fly a rc plane. It should be a pretty thick airfoil because i have to fit a 10 mm carbon rod inside. and the cord is about 15...

Hi. Im building a 2,6 m scale glider. Is there anybody that has some blueprints for a retractable landing gear, with 55 mm wheel. So i can gut it out off fiberglass, or wood.

FT Tiny Trainer Designed By: Josh Bixler Plans By: Dan Sponholz **New plans updated to the latest format** This is still the same classic design that was originally released over 5 years ago. Description: Now made with the new Maker Foam the Flite Test Tiny Trainer is even better! The Tiny...

When i paint my fiber-glass fuse, the paint and primer starts to bubble up. Any idea why. I used normale water based spackle. And epoxy resin

I did a good amount of work on the 12ft glider I have a 8ft stick on the end of it is a wooden plate bolted to the stick under a casing, and then the plate is glued to the vert. stab. then on top of the casing there is a 15" horisontail stabilizer with 2 1/2" dowels on the sides for support. If...