Dreamer (oz8490)

About this Plan

Dreamer. AKA Biplane Glider. Simple chuck glider model. Class A HL glider. Best time 3 min.

Quote: "MODEL airplane builders! Here's the ship for you - an improved biplane glider that catches the eye, both in looks and in flight. We know some of you don't believe in biplanes and are always building that same old monoplane glider: well, here is just the ship to prove to you that a good biplane will match any ordinary monoplane. It costs very little to build and can be made in one night.

This ship is also a honey for catapulting; just insert a hook on bottom of the body. The tail was especially designed for this purpose. When catapulted it climbs high and soars around, making good flights. Why not look at the plan and picture and start reading construction data?

Construction: To start building just trace wing patterns from the plan, which is full size. on a 3/32 sheet of medium hard balsa, cutting out for hack sweep in top wing. Sand all four half wings to airfoil section given on plan. Glue in dihedral of both wings, which is 1-1/4 in.

Allow to dry and polish wings with clear dope or glider polish, whichever you prefer. Then cut out body, which is in two pieces on plan; join DD to DD for full size pattern of body, cutting it from a sheet of 3/16 by 2 in medium hard balsa, sanding to crossection indicated on plan. Cut out grooves for upper and for lower wing, making sure you glue both wings at 0° incidence. Body is also polished with clear dope or glider polish.

When wings dry, cut out wing struts and sand to a streamline; then glue them between the wings. Refer to plan for their position. Next you cut the stabilizer from 1/16 by 2 in medium hard balsa, sand to section as on plan and glue in dihedral in same manlier as wings. The stabilizer dihedral is one inch.

While this is drying cut the sub rudder and tail mount from 1/8 sheet. Sand to streamline and glue on body, then glue on stabilizer at 0° incidence: polish whole tail assembly..."

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