At last we had a couple of days of fine weather to finish the new fuse mold.
This is a new fuse to go with the CNC'ed wing.
This fuse has got a airfoil tale.
This will be The Windburner mk 3

new burner

Hear are some vids off making a windburner.

Laying up a hollow molded wing. (24 min 44 sec)

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A easy way to make servo covers.
Kev

Vacuum forming servo covres. (3 min 55 sec)

Fuor new windburners.Three of them going to NZ the other one going to Tasmania.

Two DS Windburners one is for Pete the other one is for Leo....Continue Reading

It is near the end of spring And it has been getting up to 38°C( 100°F)In my workshop. It's going to be a very hot summer.
Finished a new windburner tonight I also have been working on the next one lade up a fuse in the weekend. I put the wing together last week Have already cut the ailerons into it and install the Wipers.
Kev

I have made a new wing for my windburner The old one was getting rather beat up.also I have made another wing and a fuselage over the weekend.

I have finished two DS Windburners Both of these planes are going to America.
These two planes are serious DS machines.The wings are triple carbon Very stiff. The fuselage is made from 4 Layers of Kevlar.

Came home from work today and opend my windburner wing mould to get Ken's wing out.very happy with it will be working on the fuse over the nex few days to get it lade up.

over the last three weeks I have been very busy building Windburners. I haven't really had a list,but since last weekend I have now got quite a few Windburners to build.
here's a video of last weekends flying.there was five Australian records broken dynamic soaring.

Cactus, Record breaking day dynamic soaring. (14 min 9 sec)

I have started a windburner this one is going to be a light lay up. Tonight I have painted my mould a fluorescent pink.IM going to do a carbon fibre fuselage to go with this wing. The Finished windburner should be around 750g.which will be an ideal weight for very light days.
I have also taken a plug out of my mould.over the next few weeks I will be working on this plug to take another mould of it.I have never been happy with the old wing mould simply because they are minor imperfections in it. So this way I can take out these imperfections and have a new mould the same shape as the old one. I was going to get a CNC Mould done but it will be impossible to reproduce the aerofoil that is in my old mould, especially now that holds the Out right world record for a flying wing, plank.I am also doing a new mould for the fuselage as well.

I have been making a DS windburner.

Another windburner is finished. This one is for Asto I know he will push this one to its limits DSing.

Have had a busy Weekend building.I have laid up two Fuselages One of them is for the wing I have been building The other one is for my friend Tim.

have been working on my windburner wing over the last few nights.

pulled a windburner Wing out the mould tonight.I have tidied the wing up tonight and will be cutting the ailerons into it tomorrow night.

been working on a windburner wing. I had laid up the two skins in the mould and vacuum bagged them down on Friday night.tonight I have glued the two halves together.

On May 30, 2011.Joel Pedder(swoop119)Flew a Carbon windburner to 260mph (new plank WR) in Weldon CA.
Congratulations Jole that is an amazing speed for a 48 inch plank.
Kev

had a great day dynamic soaring yesterday at a site we call cactus.

Dynamic Soaring at Cactus ridge (10 min 0 sec)