Tom Hunt

This slick 60-in.-span, 20-oz. T-tail Sailplane can be launched from a small field either by hand or with a small high-start. Its unique design and construction approach features a strong, lightweight fiberglass fuselage and a wide choice of airfoils - or you can design or use your own favorite airfoil in either a one-piece or plug-in wing. IT WAS A CASE of a lunchtime flying squeeze. As the company I work for has expanded, my lunchtime flying field has been shrinking around me. At this writing, the dimensions of the field are approximately 150 yards square, down from nearly 400 yards square. This tremendous loss in area had already prompted the elimination of all RC aircraft over .20 cu. in., and I knew that something needed to be done to efficiently and safely utilize what was left of the field. I have always liked the idea of flying Gliders at lunchtime. They're clean and require less field support equipment (no big, heavy field box). But when I did some research on the small Hand-Launched RC Glider kits currently available, I didn't find anything that really grabbed me aesthetically. It was a short jump from there to the decision to design my own, and Consortium began to take shape.