That would be a Windsong or Camano, depending on the span. gv -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 9:52 PM To: Soaring@airage.com Subject: [RCSE] Re: ID this used sailplane for me?
Friend got this at an estate sale for like 10 bucks, he stripped the servos out of her and is giving me the plane. Have not seen it in person yet, just these same pix/ I would like to know what it is, exactly. Pix at www.brainmist.com/mark for the next couple days. The tail reminds me of an Aquila I used to have, briefly, a long time ago, or maybe it's an older Dodgeson product, because of the really complicated linkages for the flaps and ailerons (in one of the pics) . In some pics the fuse looks like glass, but with an odd squared-off shape to the boom aft the wing. Might be glassed wood, I dunno. Not the trapezoidal hatch opening in the center section for some kind of wing attach access Ii suppose. Appreciate any tips about it at all. All I know is it's an 11-foot wing, supposedly. And it looks like it would have been a high-end competition ship a decade or so back. I dunno if there is a canopy for it, but I can make one if it's missing. I've never flown anything bigger than 2 meters before, mostly R/E, though I have a little aileron practice in with my foamie, I and don't have/never done a winch. Not in a club at present either. Would this baby be hi-startable? Those linkages look like a lot of weight and possible friction/slop... will have to check out the action. Maybe I could modernize it and go with direct-driven under-wing mounted servos? Or would that likely weaken what I'm guessing is a sheeted white styro wing core, with unknown spars? Thanks, Mark 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
