Sheriff
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So true. I will take that wisdom and move foward with the build. (Printing the plans today !)
Thanks and have a good week-end
No love for FT Simple Soarer?
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So true. I will take that wisdom and move foward with the build. (Printing the plans today !)
Thanks and have a good week-end
No motor, but was planning on using it for slope soaring. I know, probably too much weight, but we get a decent amount of lift from the wind on the beach cliffs up near Encinitas, about 15 mi. North of Torrey Pines Glider Port.
bracesport
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Tench745
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I built a Simple Soarer a year or so ago and loved playing with it. It was my first glider, no power pod. I wanted a little more performance out of it so I folded up an Armin style wing. If flies faster and floats longer, but it does not behave well in turns so I mostly use the original FT wing now. Eventually I got sick of gluing the stick of a fuselage back together all the time, so I built a fiberglass fuselage and balsa tail for it instead. Some day I'm going to play around with wing shapes some more.
Link to the build log for that project: https://forum.flitetest.com/index.p...-aka-when-a-builder-cant-stop-tweaking.39791/
Link to the build log for that project: https://forum.flitetest.com/index.p...-aka-when-a-builder-cant-stop-tweaking.39791/
Piotrsko
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Sounds like you need more rudder and or ailerons
Yeah that's what get me thinking: some industrial velcro for holding the wings on and good by forever ugly rubber bands. Maybe can't take the wing off, but mine are typically glued In or on.
Note: I usually bring the plane home in the exact same condition I brought it in. (Grass stains don't count)
Yeah that's what get me thinking: some industrial velcro for holding the wings on and good by forever ugly rubber bands. Maybe can't take the wing off, but mine are typically glued In or on.
Note: I usually bring the plane home in the exact same condition I brought it in. (Grass stains don't count)
LOL probably Carlsbad State Beach - it's got a couple of good cliff areas. Only issue is that sometimes people complain, because the glider guys don't always have great control over their landings.
As for your mention of taking the wing off, well, I kinda NEED to; a 60" wing doesn't fit too well into a 2007 Mustang GT with the fuselage attached. LOL
I feel it. I have a Toyota Yaris, with 2 kids I bring. Space is a premium. the planes get the front seat.
Well, I managed to get my Simple Soarer out at the cliffs of Carlsbad, at a location called "Dave's Beach", where the locals go to fly slope. Lots of fun the first time I tried, tons of lift, and I was able to keep my glider up for about half an hour on the lift we were getting. Landing, on the other hand...LOL
I tried to bring it down on the trail running along the cliff as others have done, and skipped it several times before I was able to nose it in to the ice plant. That impact broke the battery compartment (I was flying it without the motor on the nose, so it just had the tow hook and battery in there), so when I came home I just had to make a new nose out of scrap foam that I had lying around. All in all, not a bad glider for first time sloping.
I tried to bring it down on the trail running along the cliff as others have done, and skipped it several times before I was able to nose it in to the ice plant. That impact broke the battery compartment (I was flying it without the motor on the nose, so it just had the tow hook and battery in there), so when I came home I just had to make a new nose out of scrap foam that I had lying around. All in all, not a bad glider for first time sloping.
bracesport
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@mayan - I feel for you on this one - seems the nose is really short on the SS - I would extend it - all mine with wings that size have at least 20cm out front.
@sprzout - did you get any video - all things being equal O will get some slope time over the next week - we have a bit of a hurricane here at the moment (we had 140kph winds at the house)!
@sprzout - did you get any video - all things being equal O will get some slope time over the next week - we have a bit of a hurricane here at the moment (we had 140kph winds at the house)!
mayan
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That’s nuts.
Batten down the Hatches. (Fasten all seatbelts. Secure all entrances and exits. Close all shops in the mall. Cancel the three ring circus!...)
No, not from when I did my sloping - unfortunately, that was about 2 months ago! LOL
Now, if the weather would improve a bit (we're getting doused with rain today into tomorrow) and I could get something of a westerly wind that would provide lift instead of the eastern winds blowing at my back, I might be able to go out and get some video!
Now, if the weather would improve a bit (we're getting doused with rain today into tomorrow) and I could get something of a westerly wind that would provide lift instead of the eastern winds blowing at my back, I might be able to go out and get some video!
"Ah, buckle this. Ludicrous speed! GO!"
(on a side note, NewBeeDrone, a company here in San Diego that makes TinyWhoop sized quads, has "Plaid" brushed motors for their Whoops)
I'll have to check it out.
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