So, in the process of seeing @FoamyDM making his Bird of Time (and I'm planning to make one; I just need to get some CF tubing for the shaft or a CF arrow shaft), I decided I wanted to try a glider. I saw that Josh Bixler had made the FT Simple Soarer, and I decided I'd print it out and make it up.
The printable plans are a little screwy (I had to print them out, cut them, and then move them around to get them to fit on a couple boards of DTFB), but once I did so, it was easy enough to cut out. I'm still in the process of building it, and the wing seems really solid, but I have to wonder why I haven't seen other people trying to build them...Is it just that people here want power instead of gliding?
The printable plans are a little screwy (I had to print them out, cut them, and then move them around to get them to fit on a couple boards of DTFB), but once I did so, it was easy enough to cut out. I'm still in the process of building it, and the wing seems really solid, but I have to wonder why I haven't seen other people trying to build them...Is it just that people here want power instead of gliding?