About a year ago I decided an attempt at my own design moulded gliderIt was called a PATHFINDER and was a learning exercise in epoxy,composites, mould making, and flying.Not only the reward of flying your own design but independance and scale of economy make this route attractive . The PATHFINDER was born and with successes and failures along the way it was / is fairly pleasant to fly, however the desire to build something better has led to project STILLETO a more sophisticated design but still easy to accomplice with limited tools and materials.
To ensure a reasonable amount of success the airfoil is the well proven MH32 with its wide speed range , the wing plan form has a parallel centre section and tapered tips both moulded in one mould. The aim here is to prduce a set of wing moulds which can provide a 2 mtr slope/thermal ship, a 3.5 mtr thermal duration ship and by using two centre sections a 4.5 mtr cross country or light condition thermal glider.
As the building progresses I plan to post a series of photos showing the steps used, I build with the limited tools and resources available and many methods are not as per the conventional ways but work if you take care in the form preparation.
I would welcome any thoughts ,questions or constructive criticism as I progress as these gliders form part of a development to be more competitive during 2007/2008 and put the BERG club at the top.
regards Mike
Thursday, November 23, 2006
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Thanks for the support Mike. This is what we will need to make the BERG Team tops.
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Piet R
Comming along at a rapid rate. Nice going Mike. Keep it up! I know we won't have long to wait to see the finished product.
Evan
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