Spanish Fly (oz15335)
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Spanish Fly (A 24 hr Scratch Design and Build Glider). Free flight glider model. Wingspan 50 cm.
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Quote: "Dear Outerzone, Stuck in a holiday house in Spain without much to do, and with a few bits of balsa sneaked into our luggage, I designed and made this, yesterday.
Spanish Fly is a very simple construction. The wing has no spar but is otherwise conventional. The V-shaped fuselage has sides only, which are glued together at the keel with the tops glued to the underside of the wing at the TE and LE. Note the cutouts in the fuselage sheets which enable this. Towards the tail, the fuselage sides become vertical to form the inverted fin.
Lots of sanding gets the weight down before covering with tissue.
WS is 50cm, but it could be scaled without much modification to 100cm or more.
Bill Dixon, Madrid, Spain"
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(oz15335)
Spanish Fly
by Bill Dixon
May 2024
19in span
Glider F/F
clean :)
all formers complete :)
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Submitted: 27/05/2024
Filesize: 57KB
Format: • PDFbitmap
Credit*: BillDixon
Downloads: 371
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Dear Steve and Mary, Here is a shot of a slightly modified Spanish Fly with a dihedral break in each wing, flying in a park near Madrid. You will see that the V fuselage and the skeg fin have been retained.Bill Dixon - 10/06/2024
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