a big brute . what is the glider ? alex

Todays effort....

Here is a picture of my 60% soon-to-be air towing machine and my soon-to-be 50% KA6 glider(24.5 feet ws), looking for some serious fun within a month or so....

Bill Hempel

thats gonna be a sight to see Bill, I hope someday I have the opertunity to see it in person. way to bring giant scale to the sailplane market . should do well onthe big slopes aswell.
mike

Looks great bill just have to get rid of that canopy floor........tell me can wings etc upon customers request be supplied uncovered??

Hi there Alex the glider is a Schweitzer 1-26D to 40% scale full composite construction and one I scratch built five years ago. you can find more details here http://www.scalesoaring.co.uk/Galler...ossBathie.html

cheers Rossco.

Originally Posted by toc pilot

Here is a picture of my 60% soon-to-be air towing machine and my soon-to-be 50% KA6 glider(24.5 feet ws), looking for some serious fun within a month or so....

Bill Hempel

Hey Bill,

Missed you at the Nall this year. We were across the corner from you last year.

Anyway, there you go again... doing something that is creating this problem of drool all over my keyboard. What an awesome combination! This really should be an event at Joe Nall next year. I'll volunteer to help get the stuff out to the runway and do anything I can to help with setup.

John Hinton

Holy moly Bill that thing is like Tugzilla!!

this is what I acheived today, painting almost done.

micshef. about the same performance as the old ka4 i went solo in. bit of a dray, but we didnt know any better in those days. got a 1 3rd scale ka6e nearly done, wilga well on the way. use my pawnee most for towing. alex

Sounds good ALex I'll be getting back into my 40% pawnee next year with DLE 222 up front and will be starting my 40% wilga after that with Moki 400 for power.

Howdy sports fans well the painting is almost done and just because I couldn't wait any longer I put the model together today in full colour.

So just to make more work for myself and save some cash I have cut the engine box down and am half way through fitting my new DLE 222 flat 4.....it actually looks like it's made for a 40% model, more power than I need but I can always throttle back and it will allow the motor to fully bed in and allow me to iron out before it goes in my 40% pawnee.

wow that is gonna be a floater!. should be a great camera plane and tug. are those lawn mower tires?

Hi there pitviper51 the tryres I made. The tyres are kids crash matts, the kind you get for home playgrounds. They were cut out in laminations with a bandsaw with the hubs bolted either side and sanded to shape in a drill press. The hubs I had cnc cut to my specifications. The tail wheel yolk are castings from my own patterns and the leaf springs are 2x14mm flat steel joiner bars from Graupner.

cheers Rossco.

here you go