RADIO CONTROL SOARING TIlE JOY Simple Sailpianes Ten years ago young son built flew pair House Balsa 2 x 4 sailpianes ordered second pair kits Carl Goldberg Gentle Ladys X-Generation soaring pilot asked what excited about Because taking pile balsa roll covering building motorless flying machine defies gravity seems like magic Lou replied simply Oh concluded time people born after man walked Moon harder impress technology born before time high-tech competition Soaring machines capture interest tend get lions share magazine ink tyranny new say about computer software AMA data indicates Soaring pilots fly balsa-and-plywood airplanes foamglass-and-carbon models Iron men wooden ships borrow phrase Age Sail Line up 100 sailplane pilots ask looks better air sleek lines latest competition sailplane classic lines Dave Thomburgs Bird Time Easy huh agree few sights model aviation can match sparkling gem-like appearance sun shining through transparent film covering ribbed wing sailplane floating silently overhead Beyond looks airplanes also generally fly well successful airfoils wing planforms tail moments well known wing fuselage strengths tried tested crashed wooden airplanes easier repair Best benefit/cost ratio unequaled anywhere else RC modeling hours building flying fun come simple sailplane divided modest cost its kit achieve ratio thats hard beat tools materials build models inexpensive make excellent use basic radios cheapest servos magic soaring lives simplest sailplanesmaybe composite wonderplanes because wooden airplanes generally simpler build rig fly well major limitations wooden sailplanes wing strength launch fact tend have oaly speed Composite designs withstand pedal-to-the-metal winch launches six control surfaces allow changing airfoil flight suit conditions dropping flaps slow model spot landing launch hi-start compete may happy simple sailplanes years RC flying Simple Sailpianes have known briefly described below Listed two-servo models Ive built flown seen flown September 1997 91 Chuck Anderson Tullahoma Tennessee Dream Catcher Hobby Sailaire 1996 AMAILSF Nats Muncie Indiana pair Bob 511ff Sensoars flown Rudy Coletti Dave Garwood Photo Paula Garwood Jim Harrigan Rensselaer New YorkBob Kidd Lexington Kentucky launches launches Goldberg Models Gentle Ladya Great Planes Spirit 1995 AMAILSF using hi-startNats Muncie Indiana House Balsa 2 x 4 48-inch wing span its nonstandard size look back little heavy successful thermal ffight inexpensive kit builds fast rugged airplane makes better slope trainer thermal trainer Carl Goldberg Gentle Lady Two-Meter 78inch span second sailplane probably best-known design last decade GL deserves its fame because builds easily flies well seemingly anybody builds caution Use stiff covering material like MonoKote Solartexnecessary wing rigidity House Balsa 2 x 6 2M longer span 2 x 4 cames weight radio equipment little easier Optimized quick building ruggedness its kit selected first building project young nephew appears cover June 1997 ModelAviation Bob 511ff Sensoar 2M Rudy Coletti chose Sensoars visual appeal elliptical tips round stabs fin airplane has classic look thats hard beat appearance department flies well survives dork landings better substitute A6 plywood bottom fuselage Great Planes Spirit 2M recent design Paul Carlson little heavier running faster airfoil Gentle Lady Sensoar handles windy flying conditions better third-servo spoiler option serves admirably plane beginning contest fliers Excellent instructions construction drawings make fine choice new model building Minimax 700 2M wooden design optimized low weight low wing loading flies slowly gives time Above Dave Thornburg Bird Time built flown Harry Menke Santa Rosa California Midwest Essence 2M Jim Harrigan Rensselaer New York Designer Mike McConnville got everything right nose block wing trailing edge think first sailplane able launch hand circle back handcatch first sailplane wife broke ten minutes Handling /32 balsa LE sheeting takes care during construction model designed handle crash landings Olympic 650 2M solid good-flying design published RC Modeler central subject Al Doigs excellent soaring how-to book Sailplane Soaring Manual Once kitted Airtronics now off market plans available RCM Order plans #845 book enjoy scratch-building [800] 523-1736 Midwest Essence 2M recent ently sailplane market designed Mike McConville got everything right kit has high-quality wooden parts excellent instructions drawings flies remarkable stability agility Recommended hesitation Olympic II 100-inch sailplane holds special place heart because first stick time exceeded building time Oly II delivered first -hour thermal flight using lift generated hot tar roof school building Formerly Airtronics kit currently produced plans available RCM Sig Manufacturing Riser 100 100-inch 2M version also available Perhaps mostcommon 100-inch starter airplane seen soaring fields Similar respects Olympic II kit currently production comes high-grade Sig balsa Great Planes Spirit 100100-inch Big brother successful Spirit has clear canopy vacuum-molded pilot figure Can built two-servo polyhedral version full-house flaps ailerons Dynaflite Bird Time 120-inch Perhaps widely recognized Open-class sailplane country becaue its distinctive planform Dave Thornburg design available Tower Hobbies nomination most-impressive-looking RC aircraft can fly two servos Pierce Aero Paragon 120-inch Longtime soaring writer Bill Forrey called Paragon best trainer best handling sailplane best all-around light-air thermal model ever designed think hes right cameracarrying Paragon May 1997 column Dream Catcher Sailaire 149-inch huge floater easy see distance frequent ently Nostalgia contests saw Mark Higginbotham put transmitter ground walk away chuckling Sailaire circled high above six-servo composite airplanes Inland Soaring Society contest Riverside California gentle giant smile-maker sure Larry Jolly Flinger 60-inch cheap simple sweet-handling hand-launchthe list needs microservos Larry Jolly won IlL Nats 1991 standard compare other HLGs against Order old Model Builder plans Bill Northrop Sorry list longer its best can sticking practice discussing sailplanes have flown seen flown Sorry also some kits currently Out production essential characteristics airplaneswooden construction light wing loading slow-andforgiving flying characteristics simple twochannel control some use optional third channel spoilersare available companies again making kits classic designs updating classic designs Classic designs being rekitted companies like Dream Catcher Hobby Nomad Hobby Hanger Windfree new designs simple sailpianes manufactured companies like DJ Aerotech Chrysalis Future Flight Thennal Thing 2M Fling Thing HLG MM Glider Tech Illusion Northeast Sailplanes Kestrel Sky Bench Aerotech HL size Bird Time Closing thought God wanted us tofly fiberglass airplanes would have given us fiberglass trees old balsa-basher motto OSHIEtrn BAILS OUT Release o scale-like Parachutist real crowd pleaser ond o lot funl Brililont colorsi Fl oronge Fl pink yellow red white blue gold Complete figure & releose system $1895 eci plus $325 S/ll Model Aviation Special Red LUhite & Blue Red & Gold Combo $18QS 325 S/H SEND ORDER TODAY TO HOBBY HUT MANUFACTURING 2020 W 21st St N Suite #77 Wichita KS 67203-2107 Dept MAV send SASE ci brochure B&M MODEL CO 290W 1050 N LAYTON IYL 84041 PHONE 801544-5689 Call Send S300 Color Brochure s3 Crli , Orde ADD $1395 SHIPPING/HANDLING UT RES ADD 625% TAX September 1997 93 SANYO BAlTERIES RECEIVER PACKS TRANSMITTER PACKS HIGH CAPACITY CELLS LIGHT WEIGHT PACKS SHRINK WRAP GEL CELLS 1-800-346-0601 FAX 407-321-3208 TNR TECHNICAL INC 301 Central Park Drive Sanford FL 32771 $16495 SPECIFICATIONS Engine- 25-402 cycle 40 48 4-Cycle Radio 3- Channel
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/09
Page Numbers: 91, 92, 93
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/09
Page Numbers: 91, 92, 93
RADIO CONTROL SOARING TIlE JOY Simple Sailpianes Ten years ago young son built flew pair House Balsa 2 x 4 sailpianes ordered second pair kits Carl Goldberg Gentle Ladys X-Generation soaring pilot asked what excited about Because taking pile balsa roll covering building motorless flying machine defies gravity seems like magic Lou replied simply Oh concluded time people born after man walked Moon harder impress technology born before time high-tech competition Soaring machines capture interest tend get lions share magazine ink tyranny new say about computer software AMA data indicates Soaring pilots fly balsa-and-plywood airplanes foamglass-and-carbon models Iron men wooden ships borrow phrase Age Sail Line up 100 sailplane pilots ask looks better air sleek lines latest competition sailplane classic lines Dave Thomburgs Bird Time Easy huh agree few sights model aviation can match sparkling gem-like appearance sun shining through transparent film covering ribbed wing sailplane floating silently overhead Beyond looks airplanes also generally fly well successful airfoils wing planforms tail moments well known wing fuselage strengths tried tested crashed wooden airplanes easier repair Best benefit/cost ratio unequaled anywhere else RC modeling hours building flying fun come simple sailplane divided modest cost its kit achieve ratio thats hard beat tools materials build models inexpensive make excellent use basic radios cheapest servos magic soaring lives simplest sailplanesmaybe composite wonderplanes because wooden airplanes generally simpler build rig fly well major limitations wooden sailplanes wing strength launch fact tend have oaly speed Composite designs withstand pedal-to-the-metal winch launches six control surfaces allow changing airfoil flight suit conditions dropping flaps slow model spot landing launch hi-start compete may happy simple sailplanes years RC flying Simple Sailpianes have known briefly described below Listed two-servo models Ive built flown seen flown September 1997 91 Chuck Anderson Tullahoma Tennessee Dream Catcher Hobby Sailaire 1996 AMAILSF Nats Muncie Indiana pair Bob 511ff Sensoars flown Rudy Coletti Dave Garwood Photo Paula Garwood Jim Harrigan Rensselaer New YorkBob Kidd Lexington Kentucky launches launches Goldberg Models Gentle Ladya Great Planes Spirit 1995 AMAILSF using hi-startNats Muncie Indiana House Balsa 2 x 4 48-inch wing span its nonstandard size look back little heavy successful thermal ffight inexpensive kit builds fast rugged airplane makes better slope trainer thermal trainer Carl Goldberg Gentle Lady Two-Meter 78inch span second sailplane probably best-known design last decade GL deserves its fame because builds easily flies well seemingly anybody builds caution Use stiff covering material like MonoKote Solartexnecessary wing rigidity House Balsa 2 x 6 2M longer span 2 x 4 cames weight radio equipment little easier Optimized quick building ruggedness its kit selected first building project young nephew appears cover June 1997 ModelAviation Bob 511ff Sensoar 2M Rudy Coletti chose Sensoars visual appeal elliptical tips round stabs fin airplane has classic look thats hard beat appearance department flies well survives dork landings better substitute A6 plywood bottom fuselage Great Planes Spirit 2M recent design Paul Carlson little heavier running faster airfoil Gentle Lady Sensoar handles windy flying conditions better third-servo spoiler option serves admirably plane beginning contest fliers Excellent instructions construction drawings make fine choice new model building Minimax 700 2M wooden design optimized low weight low wing loading flies slowly gives time Above Dave Thornburg Bird Time built flown Harry Menke Santa Rosa California Midwest Essence 2M Jim Harrigan Rensselaer New York Designer Mike McConnville got everything right nose block wing trailing edge think first sailplane able launch hand circle back handcatch first sailplane wife broke ten minutes Handling /32 balsa LE sheeting takes care during construction model designed handle crash landings Olympic 650 2M solid good-flying design published RC Modeler central subject Al Doigs excellent soaring how-to book Sailplane Soaring Manual Once kitted Airtronics now off market plans available RCM Order plans #845 book enjoy scratch-building [800] 523-1736 Midwest Essence 2M recent ently sailplane market designed Mike McConville got everything right kit has high-quality wooden parts excellent instructions drawings flies remarkable stability agility Recommended hesitation Olympic II 100-inch sailplane holds special place heart because first stick time exceeded building time Oly II delivered first -hour thermal flight using lift generated hot tar roof school building Formerly Airtronics kit currently produced plans available RCM Sig Manufacturing Riser 100 100-inch 2M version also available Perhaps mostcommon 100-inch starter airplane seen soaring fields Similar respects Olympic II kit currently production comes high-grade Sig balsa Great Planes Spirit 100100-inch Big brother successful Spirit has clear canopy vacuum-molded pilot figure Can built two-servo polyhedral version full-house flaps ailerons Dynaflite Bird Time 120-inch Perhaps widely recognized Open-class sailplane country becaue its distinctive planform Dave Thornburg design available Tower Hobbies nomination most-impressive-looking RC aircraft can fly two servos Pierce Aero Paragon 120-inch Longtime soaring writer Bill Forrey called Paragon best trainer best handling sailplane best all-around light-air thermal model ever designed think hes right cameracarrying Paragon May 1997 column Dream Catcher Sailaire 149-inch huge floater easy see distance frequent ently Nostalgia contests saw Mark Higginbotham put transmitter ground walk away chuckling Sailaire circled high above six-servo composite airplanes Inland Soaring Society contest Riverside California gentle giant smile-maker sure Larry Jolly Flinger 60-inch cheap simple sweet-handling hand-launchthe list needs microservos Larry Jolly won IlL Nats 1991 standard compare other HLGs against Order old Model Builder plans Bill Northrop Sorry list longer its best can sticking practice discussing sailplanes have flown seen flown Sorry also some kits currently Out production essential characteristics airplaneswooden construction light wing loading slow-andforgiving flying characteristics simple twochannel control some use optional third channel spoilersare available companies again making kits classic designs updating classic designs Classic designs being rekitted companies like Dream Catcher Hobby Nomad Hobby Hanger Windfree new designs simple sailpianes manufactured companies like DJ Aerotech Chrysalis Future Flight Thennal Thing 2M Fling Thing HLG MM Glider Tech Illusion Northeast Sailplanes Kestrel Sky Bench Aerotech HL size Bird Time Closing thought God wanted us tofly fiberglass airplanes would have given us fiberglass trees old balsa-basher motto OSHIEtrn BAILS OUT Release o scale-like Parachutist real crowd pleaser ond o lot funl Brililont colorsi Fl oronge Fl pink yellow red white blue gold Complete figure & releose system $1895 eci plus $325 S/ll Model Aviation Special Red LUhite & Blue Red & Gold Combo $18QS 325 S/H SEND ORDER TODAY TO HOBBY HUT MANUFACTURING 2020 W 21st St N Suite #77 Wichita KS 67203-2107 Dept MAV send SASE ci brochure B&M MODEL CO 290W 1050 N LAYTON IYL 84041 PHONE 801544-5689 Call Send S300 Color Brochure s3 Crli , Orde ADD $1395 SHIPPING/HANDLING UT RES ADD 625% TAX September 1997 93 SANYO BAlTERIES RECEIVER PACKS TRANSMITTER PACKS HIGH CAPACITY CELLS LIGHT WEIGHT PACKS SHRINK WRAP GEL CELLS 1-800-346-0601 FAX 407-321-3208 TNR TECHNICAL INC 301 Central Park Drive Sanford FL 32771 $16495 SPECIFICATIONS Engine- 25-402 cycle 40 48 4-Cycle Radio 3- Channel
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/09
Page Numbers: 91, 92, 93
RADIO CONTROL SOARING TIlE JOY Simple Sailpianes Ten years ago young son built flew pair House Balsa 2 x 4 sailpianes ordered second pair kits Carl Goldberg Gentle Ladys X-Generation soaring pilot asked what excited about Because taking pile balsa roll covering building motorless flying machine defies gravity seems like magic Lou replied simply Oh concluded time people born after man walked Moon harder impress technology born before time high-tech competition Soaring machines capture interest tend get lions share magazine ink tyranny new say about computer software AMA data indicates Soaring pilots fly balsa-and-plywood airplanes foamglass-and-carbon models Iron men wooden ships borrow phrase Age Sail Line up 100 sailplane pilots ask looks better air sleek lines latest competition sailplane classic lines Dave Thomburgs Bird Time Easy huh agree few sights model aviation can match sparkling gem-like appearance sun shining through transparent film covering ribbed wing sailplane floating silently overhead Beyond looks airplanes also generally fly well successful airfoils wing planforms tail moments well known wing fuselage strengths tried tested crashed wooden airplanes easier repair Best benefit/cost ratio unequaled anywhere else RC modeling hours building flying fun come simple sailplane divided modest cost its kit achieve ratio thats hard beat tools materials build models inexpensive make excellent use basic radios cheapest servos magic soaring lives simplest sailplanesmaybe composite wonderplanes because wooden airplanes generally simpler build rig fly well major limitations wooden sailplanes wing strength launch fact tend have oaly speed Composite designs withstand pedal-to-the-metal winch launches six control surfaces allow changing airfoil flight suit conditions dropping flaps slow model spot landing launch hi-start compete may happy simple sailplanes years RC flying Simple Sailpianes have known briefly described below Listed two-servo models Ive built flown seen flown September 1997 91 Chuck Anderson Tullahoma Tennessee Dream Catcher Hobby Sailaire 1996 AMAILSF Nats Muncie Indiana pair Bob 511ff Sensoars flown Rudy Coletti Dave Garwood Photo Paula Garwood Jim Harrigan Rensselaer New YorkBob Kidd Lexington Kentucky launches launches Goldberg Models Gentle Ladya Great Planes Spirit 1995 AMAILSF using hi-startNats Muncie Indiana House Balsa 2 x 4 48-inch wing span its nonstandard size look back little heavy successful thermal ffight inexpensive kit builds fast rugged airplane makes better slope trainer thermal trainer Carl Goldberg Gentle Lady Two-Meter 78inch span second sailplane probably best-known design last decade GL deserves its fame because builds easily flies well seemingly anybody builds caution Use stiff covering material like MonoKote Solartexnecessary wing rigidity House Balsa 2 x 6 2M longer span 2 x 4 cames weight radio equipment little easier Optimized quick building ruggedness its kit selected first building project young nephew appears cover June 1997 ModelAviation Bob 511ff Sensoar 2M Rudy Coletti chose Sensoars visual appeal elliptical tips round stabs fin airplane has classic look thats hard beat appearance department flies well survives dork landings better substitute A6 plywood bottom fuselage Great Planes Spirit 2M recent design Paul Carlson little heavier running faster airfoil Gentle Lady Sensoar handles windy flying conditions better third-servo spoiler option serves admirably plane beginning contest fliers Excellent instructions construction drawings make fine choice new model building Minimax 700 2M wooden design optimized low weight low wing loading flies slowly gives time Above Dave Thornburg Bird Time built flown Harry Menke Santa Rosa California Midwest Essence 2M Jim Harrigan Rensselaer New York Designer Mike McConnville got everything right nose block wing trailing edge think first sailplane able launch hand circle back handcatch first sailplane wife broke ten minutes Handling /32 balsa LE sheeting takes care during construction model designed handle crash landings Olympic 650 2M solid good-flying design published RC Modeler central subject Al Doigs excellent soaring how-to book Sailplane Soaring Manual Once kitted Airtronics now off market plans available RCM Order plans #845 book enjoy scratch-building [800] 523-1736 Midwest Essence 2M recent ently sailplane market designed Mike McConville got everything right kit has high-quality wooden parts excellent instructions drawings flies remarkable stability agility Recommended hesitation Olympic II 100-inch sailplane holds special place heart because first stick time exceeded building time Oly II delivered first -hour thermal flight using lift generated hot tar roof school building Formerly Airtronics kit currently produced plans available RCM Sig Manufacturing Riser 100 100-inch 2M version also available Perhaps mostcommon 100-inch starter airplane seen soaring fields Similar respects Olympic II kit currently production comes high-grade Sig balsa Great Planes Spirit 100100-inch Big brother successful Spirit has clear canopy vacuum-molded pilot figure Can built two-servo polyhedral version full-house flaps ailerons Dynaflite Bird Time 120-inch Perhaps widely recognized Open-class sailplane country becaue its distinctive planform Dave Thornburg design available Tower Hobbies nomination most-impressive-looking RC aircraft can fly two servos Pierce Aero Paragon 120-inch Longtime soaring writer Bill Forrey called Paragon best trainer best handling sailplane best all-around light-air thermal model ever designed think hes right cameracarrying Paragon May 1997 column Dream Catcher Sailaire 149-inch huge floater easy see distance frequent ently Nostalgia contests saw Mark Higginbotham put transmitter ground walk away chuckling Sailaire circled high above six-servo composite airplanes Inland Soaring Society contest Riverside California gentle giant smile-maker sure Larry Jolly Flinger 60-inch cheap simple sweet-handling hand-launchthe list needs microservos Larry Jolly won IlL Nats 1991 standard compare other HLGs against Order old Model Builder plans Bill Northrop Sorry list longer its best can sticking practice discussing sailplanes have flown seen flown Sorry also some kits currently Out production essential characteristics airplaneswooden construction light wing loading slow-andforgiving flying characteristics simple twochannel control some use optional third channel spoilersare available companies again making kits classic designs updating classic designs Classic designs being rekitted companies like Dream Catcher Hobby Nomad Hobby Hanger Windfree new designs simple sailpianes manufactured companies like DJ Aerotech Chrysalis Future Flight Thennal Thing 2M Fling Thing HLG MM Glider Tech Illusion Northeast Sailplanes Kestrel Sky Bench Aerotech HL size Bird Time Closing thought God wanted us tofly fiberglass airplanes would have given us fiberglass trees old balsa-basher motto OSHIEtrn BAILS OUT Release o scale-like Parachutist real crowd pleaser ond o lot funl Brililont colorsi Fl oronge Fl pink yellow red white blue gold Complete figure & releose system $1895 eci plus $325 S/ll Model Aviation Special Red LUhite & Blue Red & Gold Combo $18QS 325 S/H SEND ORDER TODAY TO HOBBY HUT MANUFACTURING 2020 W 21st St N Suite #77 Wichita KS 67203-2107 Dept MAV send SASE ci brochure B&M MODEL CO 290W 1050 N LAYTON IYL 84041 PHONE 801544-5689 Call Send S300 Color Brochure s3 Crli , Orde ADD $1395 SHIPPING/HANDLING UT RES ADD 625% TAX September 1997 93 SANYO BAlTERIES RECEIVER PACKS TRANSMITTER PACKS HIGH CAPACITY CELLS LIGHT WEIGHT PACKS SHRINK WRAP GEL CELLS 1-800-346-0601 FAX 407-321-3208 TNR TECHNICAL INC 301 Central Park Drive Sanford FL 32771 $16495 SPECIFICATIONS Engine- 25-402 cycle 40 48 4-Cycle Radio 3- Channel
