Waif (oz13708)

About this Plan

Waif. A1 Towline glider model.

Note this plan was published in the Vic Smeed book 'Aeromodelling' (RCL#1065) published by Foyles, 1965. See Mary's page at https://rclibrary.co.uk/title_details.asp?ID=1065 for the full text.

Quote: "The A1 class glider is a popular junior class, capable of excellent flights. Waif is a simple model to the class specifications, and is a development of a design built by a number of people with great success; one flight of over 19 min, and one of 131 min, are among many good flights recorded. Despite its simplicity, therefore, performance will be excellent provided you build carefully and trim the finished model properly.

Lay out on a sheet of 1/16 med balsa the fuselage profile shown, working from the reference line marked. Cut the outline, and use this to cut a second identical sheet. Mark of on one the positions of the uprights, making sure that you follow the dimensions shown and that you know which edge of the upright you have marked.

Now lay the marked-out profile flat and cement a length of 1/4 x 1/2 in med (edge-on) along the bottom edge, flush with the outside line. The top edge is fitted similarly, but it will be necessary to do this in two pieces, one at the nose and the other jointed to it beneath the wing leading edge position. Make the joint carefully. This second piece will have to be scored and cracked gently beneath the tailplane leading edge, and it will also have to be tapered to fit against the bottom piece over the last three inches or so.

Position the uprights and cut a block of 1/2 in sheet for the nose; alternatively, fit four pieces of 1/4 x 1/2 in side by side to make a nose block. Allow to dry, then trim the nose to a curve and drill a 1/8 in holes for the two wing and one tailplane dowels. Cement on the second side and allow to dry, then trim the nose of this piece to shape and run the drill through the dowel holes. Sand all over; apart from the wing and tailplane seatings the corners can be rounded off all round..."

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..another one! This time, it is a glider A1, "Waif", also by Vic Smeed, from the same book but, from pages 28 to 35. Attached jpg, pdf and cdr files.

Note this planfile is a PDF in vector format, which has been exported from the Corel file. See supplement CAD zipfile for the original Corel cdr file.

Supplementary file notes

Article (extract from chapter 3 of the book).

CAD file

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