D W
Sep 17, 2002, 04:30 PM
TRYING TO LOCATE BOOK THAT I USED ~ 30 YEARS AGO( i WAS 10 OR SO) TO BUILD PROFILE TOW-LINE GLIDER. WAS LARGE (PLANS WERE FULL SIZE AND GLIDER PROB. HAD 2 FT. OR SO SPAN), THIN, WITH LT. BLUE HARDCOVER. HAD MULT PLANS FOR RUBBER/FREE FLIGHT PLANES. ALL PROFILES? ALL SHEET BALSA.
I'D BORROWED IT FROM LIBRARY (IN MT. VERNON, NY) BACK THEN AND CAN'T REMEMBER NAME OR AUTHOR OR ANYTHING.
I ACTUALLY SAW A SMALL, PAPERBACK, VERSION OF SAME EXACT BOOK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN LONDON BUT LIKE A DUMMY I DIDN'T BUY IT AND NOW REALLY WANT TO FIND A COPY.
THINK I MAY BE ABLE TO CONVERT THAT PROFILE GLIDER TO R/C, GIVEN THE SIZE OF COMPONENTS NOW. OR BUILD IT WITH MY 9 Y.O. DAUGHTER AND TAKE TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE.
THAT GLIDER FLEW EXTREMELY WELL AND I ENDED UP LOSING IT OOS. WAS BEST FLIGHT I EVER HAD.
THANKS
I'D BORROWED IT FROM LIBRARY (IN MT. VERNON, NY) BACK THEN AND CAN'T REMEMBER NAME OR AUTHOR OR ANYTHING.
I ACTUALLY SAW A SMALL, PAPERBACK, VERSION OF SAME EXACT BOOK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN LONDON BUT LIKE A DUMMY I DIDN'T BUY IT AND NOW REALLY WANT TO FIND A COPY.
THINK I MAY BE ABLE TO CONVERT THAT PROFILE GLIDER TO R/C, GIVEN THE SIZE OF COMPONENTS NOW. OR BUILD IT WITH MY 9 Y.O. DAUGHTER AND TAKE TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE.
THAT GLIDER FLEW EXTREMELY WELL AND I ENDED UP LOSING IT OOS. WAS BEST FLIGHT I EVER HAD.
THANKS