During the last glider season, my construction method for the Mini Duo Discus has proven that it is sufficiently strong for the harsh flying at Sedili's environment. Our usual gang was asking; "So what shall we build for the next season?". There were many possibilities, but it only a few months ago, one of us came across the JART from the RCGroup.
I was still hesistating between building it or a scale Swift S-1. Since I had promised them to build one for each, which means I have 3 to do, and the Jart only requires 3 servos instead of 4 for the Swift, I decided to go for the Jart.
The design is meant purely for aerobatic soaring which uses a semi-symmetrical airfoil, and the airframe is one piece. I never quite like aerobatic airfoil for gliders I opt for the RG-15 instead. It can be loaded with ballast to achieve more ballistic flying and aerobatics will follow anyway. Next, piling up 3 airframes of one-piece plane of 60" span in the car back seat can be a big problem, and I redesigned the wings to be 2 piece, just like my scale gliders.
At this point, I had hotwire cut 3 fuselages and vertical fins from pink foam. One of them is carved and sanded and ready to be dissected for internal shaping.
I was still hesistating between building it or a scale Swift S-1. Since I had promised them to build one for each, which means I have 3 to do, and the Jart only requires 3 servos instead of 4 for the Swift, I decided to go for the Jart.
The design is meant purely for aerobatic soaring which uses a semi-symmetrical airfoil, and the airframe is one piece. I never quite like aerobatic airfoil for gliders I opt for the RG-15 instead. It can be loaded with ballast to achieve more ballistic flying and aerobatics will follow anyway. Next, piling up 3 airframes of one-piece plane of 60" span in the car back seat can be a big problem, and I redesigned the wings to be 2 piece, just like my scale gliders.
At this point, I had hotwire cut 3 fuselages and vertical fins from pink foam. One of them is carved and sanded and ready to be dissected for internal shaping.
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