Chuck Plains

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll open up the cutout a little more to allow for the masking tape. But I'll wait till I've been into the office at work next week to see if they have any used toner cartridges and will let me have one. (they may be on a recycling contract though)Then I can use the toner powder instead of baking soda or talc to thicken the epoxy. I'd rather have it black to blend with the carbon tube. Otherwise I'll have to wait till I can get one off eBay, as I don't want to shell £30 or so for a PC World one.

Is there a special method for securing teflon tubes to things? I'm in the process of repairing and modifying a 2 channel glider I made last year. The mods include adding a teflon tube for the rudder servo pushrod. My plan is to epoxy it in after roughing up the outside of the teflon quite heavily. I want the epoxy there anyway to partly replace any strength lost by cutting through the carbon fishing rod tube. I thought I'd get away with having both pushrods coming out of the tail end of the boom, but the rudder fails to turn the plane once airborne, so I worked out that I'm not giving it enough leverage. The other "swappable" mod will be a different set of wings, with ailerons and maybe flaps. Everything's an experiment, so it's all fun in the end.

Hopefully it's quicker from the EU, as I just ordered a glider from Germany.

Thanx Andrew. Yes I plan on using Eze-Kote, I've has this 500ml bottle of it here almost unused for about 3 years. I know I could have purchased the required electrical parts from pp-rc as well, but I want to check everything over before I decide on motors, servos and stuff. And of course, I'm cheap when I can be. .... Stearman65 sensei, please teach me the way to add links to threads. Edited By Chuck Plains on 08/03/2019 17:44:23

Eventually! Finally!!! I decided on an Art Hobby Odyssey E 2.7, the cross tail version. https://www.pp-rc.de/FLYING-MODELS/ART-HOBBY/ELECTRO-GLIDERS/Electric-powerde-glider-Odyssey-E-2-7m.htm?shop=pp-rc_en&SessionId=&a=article&ProdNr=1620&p=127 This one belongs to Sir Dumb Thumb on RC Groups Here's his build thread, https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2289862-Art-Hobby-Odyssey-EC-2-7M I'll be building it up with just a basic 5 deg dihedral and full house controls. Seems it can weigh in at about a kilo or less all up, so that's my aim, as my 2.5 scratch pod and boom is 1.5k. So I'm sure that with it's proper airfoil and half a kilo less weight, this will be a proper Summer thermal floater.

Hmmm, after coming in through my front door I have to sort of step round two of my 2.5mtr+ gliders that are currently resting nose down on some sort of exercise bike that, for some unknown reason, appeared last year. But don't worry, I wrapped the handlebars in foam so as not to damage the leading edges. Yes, they are fully assembled!

Ah, thanx but no, I'm definitely not into building balsa kits. I definitely see the positive side of it, what with it being economical and satisfying, but I don't have the patience. I may be 65, but I'm still working 5 days a week as a CNC machine setter, plus my tinnitus tends to piss me off more at home. Don't get me wrong, I have made stuff with foam wings including my 2.5mtr pod and boom scratcher and have what you might call "projects" that have kind of stalled for years. So anything that takes too long gets forgotten about. Oh, plus I seem to have a dust allergy.

Cool, I'm glad he's happy with your creation, but it's definitely not what I'm for right now. And I still want to spend what I'm calling "my xmas money" on something shiny and new. Hmm, actually, I also need a TX with more than 6 channels too.

Thanx Peter, but I'm more in the way of looking for light wind performance this time, and I freely confess my love for high aspect wings. No surprise then that my favourite bird is the beautiful Wandering Albatross! Which I hope to model in foam one day. But I've never built any planes in balsa since I was a kid making chuck planes. Edited By Chuck Plains on 18/02/2019 20:28:30

Ouch! I've just noticed how expensive Topmodel's motors seem to be!!!!! I'll probably fall back to Hobbyking then. Well anyway, I'm not into competitions or anything, as long as a glider gets up there I'm happy.

There's also the Thermic.

Posted by Ikura on 17/02/2019 20:44:19: All the Topmodel CZ designs fly extremely well and there is absolutely no problem with the carbon rod leading edge. My Prelude and Marabu have the carbon rod leading edge and both fly beautifully. If you want a D-Box built up wing look at their Elite. You can't go far wrong with a Topmodel CZ glider. All the best. Thanx for that info, I like the look of both of those, and love the transparent coloured covering, but I already have two 2.5m gliders, although I modified my Volantex ASW28 to 3.1mtrs, just for the hell of it. But I'm encouraged by what you've said, so I'll be choosing between either the Albatross the Element or the Fascination.