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- From: trljim@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (JIM SONNENMEIER)
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- Subject: Re: ANABATIC Combat Slope Planes
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 13:35:00 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.181617.35003@watson.ibm.com> <Bzo94n.IC8@inews.Intel.COM>
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- In article <Bzo94n.IC8@inews.Intel.COM>, dbraun@cad636.intel.com (Doug Braun ) writes...
- >In article <1992Dec21.181617.35003@watson.ibm.com>, seanp@seanp.btv.ibm.com (Sean Reilly) writes:
- >|> I recently saw an advertisement in MAN concerning ANABATIC Combat(?) Slope gliders.
- >|> They come in packages of two and are supposedly sturdy enough to knock each other
- >|> out of the sky. Are there any 'rules' for these yet? Does anyone know if they are as
- >|> sturdy as they say??
- >
- >
- >I looked in the box of one of these last week. Basically the plane has:
- >
- >
- >1: Foam wings and fuse.
- >2: Spruce strips for spars and fuse longerons.
- >3: Roll of strong, stiff 2" wide packing tape to cover it with.
- >4: sheet balse tail surfaces (I think)
- >5: Hardware
- >
- >They are very simple planes. The radio and servos sit in holes dug into the top of
- >the fuselage, and the pushrods run above the top of the fuse. The kit has
- >pretty good directions. Definitely a "throwaway" plane, but a bit on the expensive
- >side ($26) for something disposable.
- >No idea how well it flies. Definitiely not for windy days, though!
- >
- >
- I`ve never seen it fly either, but a guy in my club was visiting northern
- calfornia this fall and saw the designer of this plane flying the heck out
- of it. He described any possible maneuver you might like to try and that
- the plane was very crashworthy. He got a kit but wanted a bigger version of
- it (the wing span is 3 feet) so since you get two in a box for your $50
- bucks he used the two wings as wing halves and cut a double sized fuse
- the same shape. You cover the airplane (all of it) with clear packing tape
- (it gains ALOT of strength from the tape) its boxy looking but looks kinda
- slick (pun intended).
-
- Jim
-