When Carol and I visited Schleichers in 1988 they assigned a friendly
bloke who gave us the tour of the what appeared to be a Bismarckian
era building of unknown original purpose. One passageway had the
molds for the ASH25 inner panel spars in it and I fully expected to
see some folks workin
>>I do believe though that for the wings at least most have gone to CNC
>>aluminium moulds.
The German ones I saw were resin and about 7 years ago.
However, two years in Dubai, I saw keels being machined out of solid
steel billets inside machines which were large enough to fit a truck
and other
It all comes down to money.
Gliding isn't large enough to support the large capital expenditures
to automate the manufacturing processes and I'm not sure making
gliders a fair bit cheaper would actually increase sales by all that
much as the sport appeals to a limited number of people, includi
: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 7:23 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] JS3/production techniques
It all comes down to money.
Gliding isn't large enough to support the large capital expenditures to
automate the manufacturing processes and I&
ittings and self connecting devices to connect wing
> functions to the fuselage.
> Harry Medlicott
>
> From: Mike Borgelt <>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 7:23 PM
> To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. <>
> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring
>>Gliding isn't large enough to support the large capital expenditures to
>>automate the manufacturing processes
So what would you pay for a surf board shaping machine which could be
adapted to finish shape gliders? And what would an ATL machine cost
which would outperform hand layup in every asp
At 06:49 PM 12/14/2016, you wrote:
Poland is also becoming a threat
Indeed. The GP 14 wing weighs 31Kg and broke at over 10g. Anyone know
how they are building that?
I had a chance to have a really good look at a Diana 1 a few years
ago. When they say monocoque they mean it. Just about no
