My first sailplane was a Goldberg Electra. I know that it is not a *true* sailplane because it is powered but the plane is based on the Goldberg Gentle Lady. In any case, I did glide the Electra around a bit after I got it up to a safe altitude <grin>. After the Electra got beat up, then came the first of several Goldberg Gentle Ladies. I'm glad that they still make them in kit form and an ARF version.
Aloha to all on RCSE, Al Battad - AMA #506981 -----Original Message----- From: James V. Bacus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 6:07 AM To: soaring@airage.com Subject: [RCSE] First Sailplane Before Meyer and Hauch do a transformer thing on the other thread, I know this topic will take off because it hasn't been brought up in some time. Good one for a long weekend... My first Sailplane was a FF Jasco Thermic 50 that I wedged a Kraft brick into and crashed many times, it was frustrating as heck. Covered with tissue and dope. My first Sailplane that really flew was a WindDrifter, and I have one now that is the second one I built that looks like my first, and is over 20 years old. Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR AMA 592537 LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
