Dan - So Cal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>>>>>> A few years ago at Visalia, a guy had a small v-tailed RC glider (approx. 1.5 meters), that was rocket assisted. I believe this was a commercially manufactured kit. Does anyone know abut this glider, where one may purchase one, or if they even exist anymore? <<<<<<<
If it was an upright “Vee” tail, it was probably the old Estes Sweet Vee kit, which came out around 1993 or so and lasted 2-3 years. If it was an inverted Vee tail, it was probably the “Cuda” kit designed by Kevin McKiou and kitted by his VectorAero company. The Cuda used a white foam wing core with balsa sheeting, the fuselage was pod and boom with the pod being assembled from laser-cut balsa components. Or what you saw might have been the even more rare all-composite "Stingray" kit by Kevin, the pink foam/glass/graphite strip spar wings had a curved dihedral. Kevin shut down VectorAero 2-3 years ago and the Cuda kit is currently out of production. It can sometimes be found on auction. There is a chance the Cuda might go back into production again. I have a page on R/C RBG’s that shows a few models, and a few links: http://members.aol.com/GCGassaway/rcgliders.htm BTW - RCSE regular Phil Barnes is a topnotch R/C RBG flier. He won gold medals in the FAI S8E event at the 1983 and 1985 World SpaceModeling Championships. And after a bit of a layoff from FAI rocketry, he came back to tie for 4th in S8-P at the 2002 WSMC, and won a World Cup S8-P event held immediately after that WSMC ended. He's on the US SpaceModeling team for 2004 flying S8-P as well as a few other (non-R/C) rocket events. - George Gassaway 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.
