Hey Guys

Sorry to be late with this one but the winner of the final month of the Guppy contest is Highlander52!
PM me your shipping info and something will come your way:-)

Denny- PM sent and Thank you!

Highlander52

Earlier in the thread, I saw a couple of pictures that showed thin plywood reinforcement around the two wing attachment bulkheads, such as in the photo below. I also saw one recommendation for glass reinforcement for the bulkhead / pod joints. (Post #184)

What is the current thinking about the need for additional reinforcement of the Guppy pod in this area? I would think that this might be more important for the hotliner version than for the standard Guppy.

Thanks,

Jack Stephens

Hi!

If you land badly (cartwheeling) the wing could rip forward plywood fuselage bulkhead out of the balsa fuselage sides. So, if the balsa sides are reinforced here with thin ply, the ply stay attached.

But it is not needed if you fly and land carefully....if you are experienced pilot and you dont do crashlandings. , but you never know...so reinforcing that part of glider is not a bad idea.

Mitja

Mitja,

I appreciate your response. I will use a conservative combination of 1/64" plywood and glass to beef up those wing attachment bulkheads. I don't "build to crash", but then I am not a perfect pilot either.

Jack Stephens

Hi
One more Guppy sailplane flight:

Guppy sailplane extremal Hi-start (0 min 22 sec)

It's great sailplane. I like it very much. There were bad weather today(too windy). I have some bad landings, but have no crash or any seriouse damage(bottom cover damages only=)). Some photos will be soon.
I've attache only one photo: best weatherdescription

Shread, nice video!

And here is another video of Guppy. This one is with camera "on board".
Hotliner wings version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ar4_6mGOmA

Video made by Dejan from Slovenia.


Mitja

Denny you rock...thanks for the goodies...I can't believe how quickly he gets stuff out and its not like he doesn't have a major contest to run.
Mitja- My dad likes the Guppy so much he's ordered one as well. Said he hasn't been in the mood to build anything until he saw how sweet looking the Guppy is!!

Highlander52

The Brazilian Guppy is almost ready, got a vacum formed cannopy today and tomorrow I will work on electronics, the first flight will be this weekend.

Here are some pictures of the canoppy and my home made vacum forming box.
The cannopy plug was made of foam, and covered with fiber glass and a mix of epoxy and aluminium sulfate powder.

Tomorrow I will plublish plane pictures

Sergio

This is what I have been working on for two days. It is almost finished.
I am from China.

Looks great . Thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by boyyy

This is what I have been working on for two days. It is almost finished.
I am from China.

Main wing is almost finished. Unfortunately, I hurt my finger in the duration, I gonna take a couple days for rest.
I also plan to build hotline wing for this fuselage.

Hello, All!!
Last weekend, when i try to start with small hi-start system(70m cord+8m rubber) i have a crash. I've seen foldering wings in the sky=) I've try to repair it using hard balsa and have a similar crash again. Final edition: I've reinforce longeron with 10*0.5 carbon plate(at the top and bottom) and have good results. Enjoy the video=)
It's great sailplane, with small longeron reinforcement it's well-suitable for hi-start!!! Thank's for you work, Mitja
Best Regards, Mihail.

Guppy Hi-start (1 min 8 sec)

Here's my guppy

Mihail,

Thanks for the nice video. What a pleasure to watch on this Sunday morning. Today is Father's Day holiday in the U.S. and it made me think of all the happy times I spent with my kids out on the flying fields.

Spasibo!

Phil in Minnesota