|
|||||||
|
Discussion
Wisel, just the glider you need.
Hi
If you can cut foam wings, then this is the slope glider you always have been looking for. Small, fast, manoureable and will fly in 6 to 35 knots wind. And if you make a light version it will outperform the Alula in any wind strengh, except realy light wind. It only need 2 knots more wind, but then its realy cool. We use it as a club combat glider, and will also DS with ease and it keeps the track and have a fantastic drive. Very good beginner DS,er It can carry a lot of ballast, (more than 10 ounce/ 200 gram) and then its realy kick ass. For main spar we use 2 x 2 mm cfk rod, (one at the top and one button) or 1,6 mm aluminium velding rod Battery is 4 X AAA and it will also need some lead, or 700mha Life 2 cell batt Servo is 2 x HXT 900 ( 9 Gram) or 12 gram servos with metal gear Aileron is covered 3 mm balsa. Rudder is covered 2 mm balsa. Some have covered all the wing in oracover, other in tape, but they all are good, But for the new we build we use Hobbykings covering film and it is very good, we also make a lot of fuselage in balsa and it give a really good aerodynamic with low drag. Very manoureable, easy and fun to fly, and can take some beating Its tooo good to keep as a secret... (I have 2 Alula,s but after I got this one, I almost not using them any more.) Now a better airfoil plan made by Glidergirl on page 23 in post 344
All my Wisel / Wiesel videos on a playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...m2hIXW-_eLY5a0 The pro airfoil is made by cmwwebfx. Ciaran ,, Thank you And the 3D printed fuselage pod/ and also the Version 2 with thicker fuselage sides is made by Fedor2000 And also a file for 3D printed pod for PW1211 airfoil in post 3191 made by pieri70 ImagesView all Images in thread |
||||||
|
Last edited by SpeedsterDEN; Aug 10, 2020 at 09:43 AM.
|
||||||
|
|
||
|
Quote:
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
redirected post
wrong thread sorry carry on
|
|
Last edited by steve wenban; Jun 16, 2011 at 05:03 PM.
|
|
|
|
hey, ease up guys
scratch builders usually adapt existing designs and this guy is nice enough to share his plan anyway, i think this thread will actually get more people to buy Richter's Weasels since they are so well designed and manufactured (i own three!!!) -- buying from Dream-Flight is certainly the easier way to get a great little glider so thanks, SpeedsterDEN |
|
|
|
|
|
After i have flown this, i would Love to have a real Weasel.
Its a beautiful piece of art. So soon they are in stock again, I get one. |
|
|
|
|||
|
Light version
Light wind version. 170 gram.
Styropoor with 3 mm depron aileron and tail. No spar 2 x HXT 500 servo, Sloping and Dsing the pier. Wind under 4 knots. Even better in light wind than the my Alula.
My fiberglass version is tested, and have now more than 2 houer flighttime on the slope in 25- 30 knots wind. With internal ballast camber, it was loaded to 1030 gram / 36 ounce And it was realy fast. Hope for the first DS tomorrow, weather looking good. |
||
|
|||
|
|
|
He's not selling anything... just offering plans of his own design, based loosely on the Red Herring / Weasel planform (and older generations of them, at that). It wouldn't hurt to give another name, but whatever... obviously he's having fun and that last video of the light one looked like a great time!
SD, have fun man, keep it up! Try a fin that goes back further, it will really help smooth out the plane and get rid of those little wobbles. Trust me! Steve |
|
|
|
|
|
Very cool. I was watching the footage and thought to myself how gutsy it was for you to fly over the water and then thought: "it should be possible to DS back there" and then you said it.
Looks more Red Herring than Weasel to me. Very sleek w/out the nose pod. I think an argument of "intellectual property rights" regarding the weasel comes in it's blend of airfoils, not planform. |
|
|
Thread Tools | |
Similar Threads | |||||
Category | Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Discussion | Just bought a used swift. Need you input | renerc | Electric Heli Talk | 31 | Mar 21, 2008 10:28 AM |
Sold | Bandit--New with just about all you need. Reduced | utcadman | Aircraft - Sailplanes (FS/W) | 13 | Oct 26, 2007 09:36 PM |
Discussion | Just approve the program AG, you don't need to know the details. | thunder1 | Life, The Universe, and Politics | 13 | Aug 19, 2007 02:25 AM |