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My first boost glider
Started the SEMROC "SWIFT" Boost Glider. I got the parts sanded and the wing foiled. Ready to glue wing together. Thats it for tonight. Couple pics also. Scotty Dog
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In its heyday, the SWIFT was an excellent contest glider and it is still an outstanding B/G for sport flying. It is rather similar to the Jetco Thermic "B" HLG (Hand-Launched Glider, see: http://www.pennvalleyhobbycenter.co...rmicbglider.htm ). In fact, the Thermic "B" and the "Orthodox" glider from the Jetco Thermic Trio kit (see: http://www.pennvalleyhobbycenter.co...thermictrio.htm ) could be converted into front-motor pop pod boost-gliders by gluing their vertical stabilizers to the undersides of their fuselage booms.
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Im thinking paint?
Very light coat. I know if I want the best performance, leave it naked. I have some "Pumpkin Orange" paint I got at Wally World. Ill use a paint stick/marker for the blue stripe on the wings. When I was younger and saw my first RC Boosted Glider,it was like "MAN I gots to get one of those."Well here it is yrs later and Ive made it this far. Pretty "SWIFT" ahhhhhhh Scotty Dog PS Thanks for the links
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Black Shire--Draft horse in human form, model rocketeer, occasional mystic, and writer, see: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperba...an-form/8075185 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6122050 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6126511 All of my book proceeds go to the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre www.northcotehorses.com. NAR #54895 SR |
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A very thin coat of your orange paint should work fine. My father sprayed his Estes Falcon B/G with just enough orange lacquer paint to color the glider, and the paint didn't seem to hurt its performance at all--it made huge ~1/8 mile circles and often took several minutes to come down. Since the SWIFT reduces its drag and weight by jettisoning its motor pod (whereas the Falcon just ejected its motor and retained its "draggy" motor tube up front), it should perform even better than the Falcon.
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Black Shire--Draft horse in human form, model rocketeer, occasional mystic, and writer, see: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperba...an-form/8075185 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6122050 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6126511 All of my book proceeds go to the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre www.northcotehorses.com. NAR #54895 SR |
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More work on SWIFT
I glued the parts together.Got ready to prime and found I had glued one wing tip on backwards. OHH well, cut it off and re did it. Heres where its at now. Ill paint it in pieces and then put it together. Scotty Dog
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Black Shire--Draft horse in human form, model rocketeer, occasional mystic, and writer, see: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperba...an-form/8075185 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6122050 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6126511 All of my book proceeds go to the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre www.northcotehorses.com. NAR #54895 SR |
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Swift colors
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Centuri kits (such as their Micron, for example) were often depicted in the catalog "group portrait" color photographs with very different paint schemes than the ones shown in the larger "official" kit illustrations that accompanied their catalog listings. Also, a decal sheet wasn't mentioned in the Swift catalog listings until the 1972 Centuri catalog (see: http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/no...a/72cen044.html ), and it was for the version that had the overall red paint scheme with black-and-white longitudinal stripe decals and the kit name "Swift" wing decal. Sandman (Excelsior Rocketry www.excelsiorrocketry.com ) may already have this Swift decal sheet in stock (not all of his available decals are listed on his web site), and if not he could make it for you as a custom decal sheet.
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Black Shire--Draft horse in human form, model rocketeer, occasional mystic, and writer, see: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperba...an-form/8075185 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6122050 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6126511 All of my book proceeds go to the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre www.northcotehorses.com. NAR #54895 SR Last edited by blackshire : 08-10-2010 at 03:36 PM. Reason: This ol' hoss done forgot somethin'. |
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ADDENDUM: Sandman (Excelsior Rocketry www.excelsiorrocketry.com ) should be able to make "triangular shock wave" decals that are the same shape as the masked-and-painted "shock waves" on the Swift's wings and horizontal stabilizer. (Excelsior Rocketry made decals for the Estes Astron Mark that replicated the 'H-shaped' "cradle mark" and the large [four-panel, if memory serves] fin checkerboard markings that the builder had to produce by masking-and-painting in the original Estes Astron Mark kit, which had no decals.) Since the Swift's "triangular shock wave" decor scheme includes no lettering, the decal versions of the "shock waves" shouldn't be hard to create--you'd just need to specify their color(s).
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Black Shire--Draft horse in human form, model rocketeer, occasional mystic, and writer, see: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperba...an-form/8075185 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6122050 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6126511 All of my book proceeds go to the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre www.northcotehorses.com. NAR #54895 SR |
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