Bob Sealy Ultma

[sloperut]

I aquired a pretty much new in box Bob Sealy (sp?) Ultma. It is a '80s vintage thermal duration sailplane, 130' w/s, T-tail w/a f/g fuse.

Anybody out there ever have one of these?

Thanks, Jeff

[capt soap]

Jeff; I never had a ultima,but I had the replacement sailplane. Bob called it a cavalier. It was nearly the same sailplane,I dont remember the differences... My wing blew up the the first winch launch... spar was weak!!! once repaired, it flew good until another wing failure.. I had bob's 2 meter,,,great sailplane.. Lee

[sloperut]

Thanks Lee. The spars were pre-built by a builder whose craftmanship I can trust. I guess I'll build it and find out one way or another if the spars are strong enough.:eek:

Jeff

[Ollie]

If you give me the height and width dimensions of each component of the spar assembly together with the materials at the root end of the spar, then I can estimate how strong it will be and what limitations you might apply during launch to prevent the wings from folding.

[sloperut]

Ollie, thanks for the offer. I'll get the dimensions and post them.

Jeff