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Inspired by Adnan and Joe's DLG glider, I was tempted to build one myself to see if DLG RC flyers could really develop a bigger arm.
A few weeks ago, I saw Joe having fun with his Garnet at the CD field. Although the air time was relatively shorter compared to other type of gliding, I would think that flying the graceful and light weight glider with nothing but lumps of raising heat pockets would be interesting.
I took a look at Joe's scratch build Garnet and got a few tips from him on the build.
I started to purchase the raw parts and SMS Joe on his opinion on the booms and CF, etc. In his reply, he told me to build a 3m glider instead!!
Well, the 3m sailplane is also in my wish list of builds.....I may build it one day.
For now, I had a slow start to building the Quickflick II. This glider is about 1.2m, designed by Pldaniels. There is a website that you could order the short kit. I think it is quite cheap, about US$18??
However, the postage and the idea of still having to buy the boom and cut balsa lead me to scratch building on my own. FYI, a short kit means only the major parts are supplied. You'll have to get your own spars, booms, webs, etc..
With the little time that I have, I would think that this build may take a few more weeks.
I got the plan from the RCgroup build thread that Pldaniels started. Made the printouts and pasted the jigsaw pieces together for a full size plan. As usual, I started with the Wings first.
I made extra printouts of the ribs and started cutting the total of 40 ribs. The cutting was done with the rib profile pasted on the 1/16 balsa with normal glue stick from my daughter's pencil box. Little or no sanding was needed. I cut all the ribs with a very sharp NT cutter without having to scrap any ribs.
The original plans call out for 1/16 "D" box sheeting. I modified and plan to use 1/32 instead. With this change, I had to change the ribs profile a little bit. There are other changes, which I plan to do, to further reduce the weight of the glider.
I cut out all the spars and the LE. Most parts of the wings are ready for assembly now.
MS
A few weeks ago, I saw Joe having fun with his Garnet at the CD field. Although the air time was relatively shorter compared to other type of gliding, I would think that flying the graceful and light weight glider with nothing but lumps of raising heat pockets would be interesting.
I took a look at Joe's scratch build Garnet and got a few tips from him on the build.
I started to purchase the raw parts and SMS Joe on his opinion on the booms and CF, etc. In his reply, he told me to build a 3m glider instead!!
Well, the 3m sailplane is also in my wish list of builds.....I may build it one day.
For now, I had a slow start to building the Quickflick II. This glider is about 1.2m, designed by Pldaniels. There is a website that you could order the short kit. I think it is quite cheap, about US$18??
However, the postage and the idea of still having to buy the boom and cut balsa lead me to scratch building on my own. FYI, a short kit means only the major parts are supplied. You'll have to get your own spars, booms, webs, etc..
With the little time that I have, I would think that this build may take a few more weeks.
I got the plan from the RCgroup build thread that Pldaniels started. Made the printouts and pasted the jigsaw pieces together for a full size plan. As usual, I started with the Wings first.
I made extra printouts of the ribs and started cutting the total of 40 ribs. The cutting was done with the rib profile pasted on the 1/16 balsa with normal glue stick from my daughter's pencil box. Little or no sanding was needed. I cut all the ribs with a very sharp NT cutter without having to scrap any ribs.
The original plans call out for 1/16 "D" box sheeting. I modified and plan to use 1/32 instead. With this change, I had to change the ribs profile a little bit. There are other changes, which I plan to do, to further reduce the weight of the glider.
I cut out all the spars and the LE. Most parts of the wings are ready for assembly now.
MS
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