Monster (oz15456)
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Monster. Simple chuck glider model. Wingspan 18 in. Contest-winning design.
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Update 5/8/2024: Added article, thanks to Pit.
Quote: "An 18 in span chuck glider. Monster, by Roy Clark.
The designer [pic 003] with his chuck glider which has proved so successful this year - including winning the Nationals 'Hand Launch Glider' event. Simple construction makes it ideal for novice or expert alike, while it must rate as one of the cheapest contest models possible! Note appropriate footwear to provide good grip for the all-important launch.
HAVING BEEN aeromodelling for some 27 years, I have flown all types of free flight contest models, but my main interest has always been the chuck glider. Experiments with many different designs and flying techniques have revealed that the main problem has always been fuselage breakages, and to alleviate this, balsa, spruce, pine and mahogany in various shapes and thicknesses have been tried. I have also used 1 in beech dowel, but none of these have proved to be satisfactory - this being before the days of glass fibre tubes.
About six years ago I built an American design the Little Monster, this had a balsa fuselage with a flat top surface, with the wing and tailplane attached to the top surface. This fuselage shape has proved to be entirely successful, and fuselage breakages are now very rare. This model is a much developed version of the Little Monster, designed to suit my own launching techniques,
Wood selection for the fuselage is very important; it should be hard and straight grain which I prefer to cut from 1 x 1/4 in strip. Cut this strip to the correct fuselage length, measure 1/4 in from the top at one end and a 1/4 in from the bottom at the other, make a diagonal cut between these marks, and that makes two fuselage blanks.
Balsa material for the wing should be medium light straight grain balsa, a sheet of 1/4 x 4 x 36 in should weigh approx 3 oz.
The tailplane and fin are cut from light, straight grain, and all wood should be springy. If one edge of the sheet selected for the wing is harder than the other, then use the hard side for the leading edge..."
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Monster
by Roy Clark
from Aeromodeller
December 1972
18in span
Glider F/F
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