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Got it, thanks.
SteveWMD : Blackbird : 15/10/2018

Full article can be found here: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=21589222&postcount=9735. My dad and I built one of these when I was a kid.
EboPete : Blackbird : 14/10/2018

There you go Paul, Gene has drawn it out for you :)
SteveWMD : Wild Child : 14/10/2018

Um no, all the quoted text was lifted from the plan file. Anyone got the full article?
SteveWMD : Blackbird : 14/10/2018

I just realised that the quote below the plan includes some text which isn't in the plan file, so somebody must have the complete article.
Gregg : Blackbird : 14/10/2018

Steve & Mary, out of 91 plans for chuck gliders this is the only one based on one of God's flying creatures, thanks to Paul Del Gatto. I really appreciate Brner for uploading it, but I just wish that it included the whole article because...
Gregg : Blackbird : 14/10/2018

Our club used to race Skooter II's. We'd cut out our own kits. (I think this was when they weren't distributed any more.) If memory serves, the airfoil is a NACA 015. We were using K&B Sportster 20's, which was a mistake, because only one...
Lincoln : Skooter II : 13/10/2018

Does anyone have the dihedral settings for this plan? I can't see any indication on the plan. Thanks.
PaulC : Wild Child : 13/10/2018

Added a third Voyager pic from Gunter [more pics 005].
Mary : Voyager 60 : 11/10/2018

A Voyager picture [more pics 004]. The model is from my friend Michael Binner and a picture (1988) where I can be seen with me and the model of Piotr.
Gunter : Voyager 60 : 11/10/2018

I asked Detlef if he knew why RCME magazine used the name Raab. His reply: "I can not explain why the wrong name was used. Maybe through the "R" in RW-3. Both designers, Fritz Raab and Hanno Fischer, designed the first glider respectively...
Mary : Raab RW3A Multoplane : 11/10/2018

The web address is http://www.houseoffrog.co.uk/ I believe it appears under their heading of "Rubber powered scale models".
LeeRandall : Cessna L-19 Bird Dog : 11/10/2018

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