The only thing that I ever recall about the Aquila was the modification to the airfoil that took place on the Aquila Grande by necessity. As everyone knows that the airfoil on the Grande is more semi-symmetrical than the Std Aquila. The semi-symmetrical airfoil was created by adding sheeting to the lower portion of the leading edge, where by making a flat bottom airfoil semi-symmetrical. There is certainly a lot more to why this took place, but the details escape me at the moment.
Now with that said, when I build my next Aquila I'm going to make a number of mods to accept a larger joiner rod and use servos to actuate the spoilers in stead of using dial chord. I'm also going to add a bit of .007 carbon on the spars as well as wrap them with kevlar chord for added strength. None the less, I've had a number of Aquilas in the past. I recently picked up one NIB on Ebay (Ebay is a great place to shop...) and am itching to build it. I also have a BOT NIB just waiting to be built. If anyone knows of a Sagitta 900 just waiting to be built, I'm very interested. Would be interested to hear what others say. Kurt -----Original Message----- From: battada001 [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 1:03 PM To: 'Joakim Stahl'; 'soaring' Subject: RE: [RCSE] Aquila text Looking forward in seeing this info in the group. I am getting ready to build an Aquila and would want to see "what's going on" with these mods. Aloha to all on RCSE, Al Battad - WH6VE AMA #506981 -----Original Message----- From: Joakim Stahl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 1:24 AM To: soaring Subject: [RCSE] Aquila text Some years ago Skip Miller wrote about his modified Aquila on this list (Winner of WC 1977 F3B-FAI). I have found text from this mail, here and there on the net, but not the full text so fare. It would be great to read the complete mail. My hope is that someone has the text saved, if so, please forward this info to me. Thanks in advance! /Joakim Stahl Sweden 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. 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. 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.
