"Angus Mcleod" <angus.mcleod@VERT/ANJO> wrote in message news:411F7A98.97.hobbies@mybbs.com...

Re: Re: A-Certificate!
By: Artiken to All on Sun Aug 15 2004 05:36:00

I'll have to build something! :-)

Of course. :-)

Wonder what?

LOL

Does it really matter?

LOL

The whole point of R/C planes is to build stuff and then fly them.
Once the hobbiest comes up with an excuse to alocate time, labor, funds for
the newest project they are happy once again. Not that I think this is a bad thing(tm). ;-)
So in essence. Once you found that you needed a new project to fullfill your hobby goal. You were actually fullfilling one of the first goals of the
actuall hobby.

LOL

So when You said. "I'll have to build something!" I recognized the cliche
right away. And agreed with you. Because it is the natural progression for
the hobby. :-)

But so that our other hobby can be satisfied. I'll bite. (<---hint)(Fishing _is_ our other hobby isn't it?)

What are you going to build?

LOL

Of course I still haven't gotten my Gentle Lady finished. Still need a
radio. It has been over 15 years since I started her. One good side effect
is that the price of Radio's has come down drasticly since I started
building her.

The big question is "Can I pass the A, B Certs with a glider?" I know touch
and goes will be a little tricky. Do I actually have to install landing gear
or is the typical glider approach to takeoffs and landings OK. Is Throw,
Catch, Throw, Catch considered legitemate for touch and go's? The dead stick parts will be a breeze. (bad pun) I may have to modify the control surfaces
a little bit to be able to do the rolls, loops, immelmans, etc. But at this stage in the building that shouldn't be a problem.
I know your probably going to be a smart ass and tell me that AMA has
actually developed some certs for gliders. But where is the fun in that? I
like to overcome challenges. (No comments on my mental facalties. Too easy
of a target.) ROFL :-)

<chuckle>
Humorously yours,
Artiken

P.S. And just so there is no misunderstandings. I did sit on my college
books. Which makes me a certified smart ass.

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Re: Re: A-Certificate!
By: Artiken to All on Mon Aug 16 2004 02:30:00

So when You said. "I'll have to build something!" I recognized the cliche right away. And agreed with you. Because it is the natural progression for the hobby. :-)

Exactly!

But in this particular case, I need an aircraft that can carry out the particular manoevers required for the B-Cert. So I have to construct something apropriate. A nice tail-less Delta won't so because it probably won't hammerhead. A canard won't do because it probably won't stall into a spin.

Etc.

Of course I still haven't gotten my Gentle Lady finished. Still need a radio. It has been over 15 years since I started her. One good side effect is that the price of Radio's has come down drasticly since I started building her.

Funny... I know of several Gentle Ladies -- *NONE* of them finished! :-)

The big question is "Can I pass the A, B Certs with a glider?"

There are separate certificates for fixed-wing, gliders, and helis, IIRC...

http://www.bmfa.org/achievement/

I hear they are considering a "C" certificate....

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"Angus Mcleod" <angus.mcleod@VERT/ANJO> wrote in message news:4120976D.99.hobbies@mybbs.com...

Re: Re: A-Certificate!
By: Artiken to All on Mon Aug 16 2004 02:30:00

Funny... I know of several Gentle Ladies -- *NONE* of them finished! :-)

A flier was nice enough to let me fly his for a short time. I am still new
to flying. So I handed him the transmiter when I got into trouble. Like landing...

I helped him several times prepair for flight. It seems like after the GL is out in the sun for any amount of time the monocoat on main wing will strech
and the wing will warp. SilkSpan of course shatters too easy. So we would
have to lay out the wing on a flat surface and reshrink the monocoat. I
decided before I built mine that something had to be done with the
structural integrity of the main wing. The center spar was to heavy and
didn't give enough stability. I recut my ribs and put a thin piece of balsa
on the top and bottom edges. Making an I beam type rib. Then instead of a
long thin spar I glued a piece of balsa between ribs. So far the wing is
much stronger and lighter. Then life happened. And the GL has been put on
the back burner. No room to lay her out to build. Besides the ex-wife always managed to take up the space, time and funds that I would have gladly spent building the GL. I'm so glad that I'm single again.

I think that the main reason for the multitude of unfinised GL's is because
of the poor (cheap) design in the main wing. And there are much beter GL
like gliders that are more stable and easier to build.

Either that or Powered craft are more fun and less leasurly.

The big question is "Can I pass the A, B Certs with a glider?"

There are separate certificates for fixed-wing, gliders, and helis,

IIRC...

http://www.bmfa.org/achievement/

I hear they are considering a "C" certificate....

Thanks for the URL. But I want the challenge of trying to get the Glider to make the A,b,c Cert for the powered craft. Where is the fun in doing the possible? LOL

Artiken

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Re: Re: A-Certificate!
By: Artiken to All on Tue Aug 17 2004 04:01:00

Funny... I know of several Gentle Ladies -- *NONE* of them finished! :-)

A flier was nice enough to let me fly his for a short time. I am still new

You mean there's a Gentle Lady somewhere that was FINISHED?! And FLIES!!?

I decided before I built mine that something had to be done with the structural integrity of the main wing. The center spar was to heavy and didn't give enough stability. I recut my ribs and put a thin piece of balsa on the top and bottom edges. Making an I beam type rib. Then instead of a long thin spar I glued a piece of balsa between ribs. So far the wing is much stronger and lighter.

I think that modelers generally 'improve' on any kit they assemble. The degree of 'improvement' may increase as the modeler gains experience. And the *need* for 'improvement' seems to be related to the cost of the kit. My Bobcat was a cheap kit under $40 but you get what you pay for. I ended up making a few changes here and there, to strengthen the model at points of obvious weakness. The turbulated wing is still an egg-shell.....

Then life happened....

As it does..... :-/

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