Building A Jig For: Free Flight Wings

HAVE YOU EVER wondered how the experts make those beautiful undercambered, sheeted wings for their Power models or Nordics? Some of these practiced builders go to a lot of trouble, making and using fancy jigs or doing extensive shimming. Frankly, my first sheeted wings seemed more trouble than they were worth. Building a heavily undercambered Free Flight wing does require the use of some type of jig. After a little experimentation, I built the one described here for use in constructing the wing of a just-designed A2 Towline Glider.

Midwest Sport Racer

ANYONE who is interested in engines probably has thought about getting into some form of racing. I'm no different. Though I am primarily a Free Flighter, I grew up with a Control Line background thanks to my father. I still remember trying to get more than two laps from a Scientific Kingpin without crashing. I fly in a lot of Free Flight contests. Just when I was beginning to feel that it would be nice to try something different, along came a good CL club, the Milwaukee Circle-masters. This wonderful group provided me with a fine flying field and the enthusiasm to pursue a new aspect of modeling. From them I found out about Midwest Sport Racing, the basic rules for which follow: