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Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
10-31-2010, 04:01 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,932
Posted By petefly58

RE: kit b. o. t.

They are your shearwebs for the inner wing panels. They must fit snugly between the wing ribs and spruce spars so that there are no gaps, not even small ones. Shear webs resist the buckling loads...
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
07-05-2010, 07:09 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,094
Posted By petefly58

RE: Where to soar in Central New york?

AMA website has club and flying site locations for the US. You should be able to find what is in your area.
www.modelaircraft.org

Pete
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
04-04-2009, 08:15 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,008
Posted By petefly58

RE: Help ID Plane

That looks like one of Sleger's aiplanes from the mid 90s. Perhaps an Electric Hawk. I have some old RC Soaring Digest magazines. I'll look through them and try to find an exact match for your...
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
08-21-2004, 11:03 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,016
Posted By petefly58

RE: Spirit almost ready

Vic,

I taught myself to fly with a Gentle Lady, the Spirit was my 2nd model after that. But try to find yourself an experienced pilot to check out your setup on your Spirit and to take...
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
06-11-2004, 07:40 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,720
Posted By petefly58

RE: GP Spirit Canopy and Cockpit

I built my 2M Spirit in 1992. Using Rit Dye, I tinted the canopy.......the longer you leave the canopy in the dye, the darker the tint. Rit dye is available at supermarkets and comes in various...
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
06-09-2004, 05:50 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 850
Posted By petefly58

RE: Airtronics Vision question

I finally made up a transmitter pack from 1100 Mah NIMH batteries. After a full slow charge........I obtained a 3+ hour run time with the Vision. I'll cycle a few more times to see if there is any...
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
06-06-2004, 12:56 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 850
Posted By petefly58

RE: Airtronics Vision question

I fully charged the radio and tested each cell in the pack.......the voltmeter read 1.3 volts per cell, they were all very close to each other. However, there may have been a less than perfect...
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
06-03-2004, 06:02 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 850
Posted By petefly58

Airtronics Vision question

Hi folks. I own an Airtronics Vision radio which has a 1000 Mah battery pack. The pack is about 3 years old. In the 2 years I have owned this radio, I have noticed that it has a short run time. At...
Forum: Glow to Electric Conversions
02-04-2004, 11:22 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,755
Posted By petefly58

RE: Kadet Seniorita electric conversion

I did a Kadet Seniorita electric conversion 2 years ago with good results. The motor is an Astro 15G ( 2.4-1) powered by 10x2400 cells. With this setup, I routinely get 6-7 minute flights with a...
Forum: Glow to Electric Conversions
02-04-2004, 10:54 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,053
Posted By petefly58

Converting Kadetito to electric

Hi folks, I'm looking for a little advice on converting my scratch built Kadetito from glow to electric. This model is a miniature analog of the Sig Kadet Senior/Seniorita series which was built from...
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
05-02-2003, 03:12 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,018
Posted By petefly58

So what are my chances? ;)

Chris, how many channels and what is the wingloading of the Graupner Cherry you wish to fly? Because some of these powered pre built models tend to have somewhat high wingloadings ( compared to other...
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
04-28-2003, 09:35 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 669
Posted By petefly58

Radio reception on a hi tech plane

Hi, maybe someone out there can give me some advice on a problem. I have a WACO Merlin open class sailplane which I purchased from the original owner ( the wings and fuse are fiberglass composite). ...
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
02-23-2003, 12:37 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 756
Posted By petefly58

Laser Unlimited Sailplane

Hi, I'm the new owner of an unlimited class Laser sailplane. It has a quadruple taper composite wing, composite figerglass fuse, etc. This model is in good condition after some repairs. Since I have...
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
01-30-2003, 11:08 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,775
Posted By petefly58

Sailplane identification

Your sailplane looks like something from Blaine Rawdon from the late 80s early 90s. I know one of his planes was called Mirage. When was your sailplane built? Hope this helps
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
01-17-2003, 10:33 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 727
Posted By petefly58

Airplane for new flyer

Candy, it sounds like you have your heart set on a powered model for your first plane. This might work out if you have some experienced help, but you might want to consider an unpowered sailplane...
Forum: Electric General Discussion
11-20-2002, 10:18 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,237
Posted By petefly58

Sig Lt-25

I have Sig Kadet Seniorita which I converted to electric last winter. This model is the same size as the Kadet LT 25. Equipped with an Astro 15G and a 10 cell 2400mah battery, it will ROG and fly...
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
11-15-2002, 09:18 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 8,042
Posted By petefly58

BIRD OF TIME Wing Attachment Problems

Do with your BOT what I did with mine: Take a piece of 1/16"plywood about 2 inches wide and having a length equal to the chord of the wing center section. After placing the wings together, tape only...
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
11-09-2002, 12:46 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,137
Posted By petefly58

Sagitta 100"

The original Sagitta 900 went out of production about late 1994 or 1995, I am lucky to own one of them NIB. Whenever one of them appears on Ebay, people jump all over them and the price goes way up....
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
11-09-2002, 12:38 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,942
Posted By petefly58

Airtronics Legend? Legend SC?

The Legend was put out by Airtronics about 9 years ago, first as a built up ship with fiberglass fuselage, later with sheeted foam core wings. Dream Catcher Hobby now sells the built up version of...
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