Chuckaway (oz10908)

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Chuckaway. Large chuck glider. Wingspan 26 in, wing area 97 sq in.

Quote: "Try this large chuck glider for fun or contest flying. Chuckaway, by John Sheppard.

NINE MINUTES 38 SECS - twelve minutes - fifteen minutes 40 secs - those are times recorded for single flights with this remarkable BIG chuck glider from New Zealand. Its long list of contest achievements down-under make it one of the really outstanding features of the annual New Zealand Nationals, and as a fine example of the solid glider (all-balsa with pine fuselage) we present it as a fine model for relative beginner or expert.

Plans are quarter-size, all you have to do is to transfer the scaled up outline onto wood and a Chuckaway is yours in a couple of evenings.

Make all joints doubly secure by pre-cementing, especially at the wing root where an extra fillet of balsa dust and cement 'goo' helps to both streamline and sustain the large wings. Cut-outs in the wing are there to save weight, and the whole model is covered with tissue and clear doped.

Heave in a right bank upwards at an angle of near to 30°, the pull-out should be in a 90 ft. circle to the left, and average duration between 30 and 35 seconds. A good chuck, and careful trim brings the duration up to more than 45 secs average, and with a thermal around - well who knows? "

Chuckaway, Aeromodeller, May 1955.

Direct submission to Outerzone.

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Article pages, thanks to RFJ.

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