Here is my entry at the last minute. I had to wait until our launch today to get a picture. I call it the “Bitchy Witch”. After flying a couple Edmond glider kits I decided that I could design a glider of my own and this is what I came up with. It is 20 inches long with and 8 inch wing span. I have always liked rockets like the Red River Stratos so with that style of rocket in mind I came up with the delta wing design that you see here. The wings and canard are both made from 1/6 inch basswood and the fuselage is ¼ x 1/8 inch spruce. The pop pod was made from part of an 18mm rocket I had and was 15 inches long. The hooks for the pod were made from left over scraps I had in my parts box. The dihedral on the wings is not a lot. I just glued the wings together and put a piece of the ¼ inch spruce under each wing tip. The canard angle was set by cutting a pocket for the trailing edge so it was flush with the fuselage and the leading edge sat on top of the fuselage. All in all it has been a fun project. My first flight lasted 35 seconds on a B6-2. It was evident that it needed a little more nose weight. During my second flight today I lost the pop pod most likely from putting to much wadding in it. The glide was ok and it reached a point were it just hovered in the wind for a while which is always fun to watch. It still needs more nose weight. I will rebuild another pop pod and continue to have fun with getting the Bitchy Witch to behave and will look forward to learning more about designing gliders.

Thanks

Dan Krause

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