You kids are so young. Back when I was a kid (pre WWII) they used to sell
H.L. gliders at the 5 &10 store for 10 cents for the little ones (approx 9
inch wingspan, 15 cents for the big ones (12-14 inch wingspan) , and for 25
cents you could buy a big (12-15 inch wingspan) with wings that were spring
loaded and hinged so that they could be launched wings folded back along the
fuselage until they slowed down, then the wings would snap open and they
flew quite well. Histart launcher consisted of a rubber band on a stick.
Trouble was 25 cents was my weeks allowance.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 7:40 PM
To: Clifford Schwinger
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [RCSE] new hlg design idea?
At 09:43 PM 1/22/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>I just purchased a bunch of free flight hand launch glider kits from
>Stan Buddenbohm - a well known ffhlg designer and pilot. With my kits he
>enclosed a photo of a hand launched glider he called a "folder". The
>wings on this thing are tucked in during launch and upon transition the
>wings "unfold". I was wondering if anyone ever though of this idea for
>rchlg's. You could probably get a lot more launch altitude with the
>wings tucked in - sort of like throwing a javelin that has wings that
>pop out when maximum altitude it reached.
>
>Here is a photo of the folding wing glider:
>
>http://members.home.net/cliff/fold3.jpg
>
>cliff
>RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe"
and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Back in the mid 80's, Paul Carlson sold an HLG kit named the Tantrum that
incorporated such a folding wing concept. Somewhere in my attic, I have a
Tantrum kit that I bought from Paul at Toledo tha last time I went to that
show (1985 I think). Guess the idea didn't prove practical since I never
saw or heard of anyone throwing a Tantrum (HLG, not a fit) :-)
Chuck Anderson
RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and
"unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and
"unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
