Glider

[Coogee]

Just finished this Glider from a design by Doug Stout. It's 24" in Icarex and framed in Carbon Rod at 1 and 1.3 mm. Fun little kite for no wind days or in the lounge room after a few beers, put away any Ming vases. Not a complicated build and a nice result.

Mike

[Chook]

Wow!!!! It's gorgeous.

My son flew my Prism 4D in our lounge room, seated in front of the air conditioner till my wife walked in. 

[Kathleen]

I hope Alex doesn't think of using the A/C to fly inside, when Nigel read him "Tne cat in the hat" last night he said thing 1 and thing 2 couldn't fly kites inside because there is no wind.

[SoutherlyBuster]

On 20 June 2016 at 10:27 PM, Chook said:

Wow!!!! It's gorgeous.

My son flew my Prism 4D in our lounge room, seated in front of the air conditioner till my wife walked in. 

... at which point Mrs Chook, took kite and flew it her self ....

[Chook]

3 hours ago, SoutherlyBuster said:

... at which point Mrs Chook, took kite and flew it her self ....

... at which point Mrs Chook, took the kite and flew.............. OFF THE HANDLE!!!!!  No sense of humour these Shelia's.

[the_hatman]

good fun I went to 1 of the first indoor kite festivals, at London docklands and did a bit in Wildewood NJ, then bout some light to zero wind kites. the fokes in WA never understood Y I had them

nice little indoor speed wing

[SoutherlyBuster]

9 hours ago, Chook said:

... at which point Mrs Chook, took the kite and flew.............. OFF THE HANDLE!!!!!  No sense of humour these Shelia's.

So you got her started on handles rather than the bar then  . Is it a this point that I duck whilst the frying pan flies across the room?

 

Actually Zac tried some thing similar on a smaller scale, "slope soaring" a paper aeroplane from our indoor fan.

[Chook]

I reckon these are cool.

I made one from a washed "meat tray"

[SoutherlyBuster]

@Chook ,  love it.  .... kid's nerd corner .... the makings of our future aerospace engineers. Just love the simplicity of tailess aircraft.

[andy666]

That's a cool little project. 

[the_hatman]

followed the link to this, I'd forgotten about this type of glider till I saw it the wings are made by dropping a few drops of polymer on water then dipping the frame

 

this is my light one, needs new stand off connectors,about 44"

[the_hatman]

stand off 0.65mm spreader 1.8mm

[Coogee]

Very cool. Like the little gliders. The JIAC clip is great, train spotters have nothing on these guys.

 

For the SO connectors use vinyl end caps. The smallest are around 1 mm. Punch a hole through the closed end and larks head  a loop of 50 lb spectra through the hole. Then LH it to the spreader. 

 

Where do you fly the indoor stunter?

 

Mike

[the_hatman]

On 25/06/2016 at 11:31 AM, Coogee said:

Where do you

in the bedroom,tip the bed on it's side, the room is 4.2 x 5m by 3-3.5m hight

 

On 25/06/2016 at 11:31 AM, Coogee said:

vinyl end caps

tried with just the end cap, not that hot (the smallest I've got is 1.6 or 2mm) not shore how the larks head larks head works, I,ll have to think about it (just drove back from Morwell)

By the way is that water or mud behind the glider ?

[Coogee]

Make a loop of spectra 80 lb is ok about 25 mm. Get your end cap and using a rotary hole punch make the smallest hole you can near the closed end through the cap. Pull a loop of line through the hole and pull the knot through that loop. Pull tight. Larks head. Then LH it to where its needed.

 

Maate that my lawn... or thats what I call it

 

The pic is form Doug Stout

 

Mike

[the_hatman]

great I like that, but my spreader is just held by tension

top of stand off

 

the problem is with 0.65mm stand off to the 1.8mm spreader, the SO tends to punch though the end cap, the top end cap is glued to the SO

[Coogee]

If you find the right size insulated wire you can strip some insulation and use it on the end of the SO either as a stopper or to form a blunt end on the  SO that won't punch through.

Tip from Doug Stout

 

Mike

[the_hatman]

OK so 18mm of insulation split down one side 12mm and open up, clean the dust (talk like) from the inside, place a spot of supper glue on the end of the split end, fold around the spreader with the unsplit end down, rap slit end around unsplit end, hold tite making shour not to glue it to the spreader. job don now just nead to see how it holds out.

[JJL]

On 20 June 2016 at 4:06 AM, Coogee said:

Just finished this Glider from a design by Doug Stout. It's 24" in Icarex and framed in Carbon Rod at 1 and 1.3 mm. Fun little kite for no wind days or in the lounge room after a few beers, put away any Ming vases. Not a complicated build and a nice result.

Mike

Looks like the school hang glider I started on back in '76... great delight for first hop and pop... the hop was exhilarating, however the pop got quite painful with a dislocated elbow... Ouch!

[Coogee]

Another Hawk but this time in Orcon, many thanks to my mate Trev for the Orcon.  Bit tricksy to work with but very light. Shaved 3 grams off the Icarex Hawk. Slower glides with the lighter weight.

Mike

[KaoS]

Love the tea cosy!

[the_hatman]

nice but not a lot on the net about the fabric.

kite not tea cosy

[KaoS]

14 minutes ago, the_hatman OBE said:

nice but not a lot on the net about the fabric.

Orcon is a polyvinyl flouride film used as flame retardant coating for airplane components and interiors.  The film most kite makers use is manufactured by Orcon Aerospace.  It is reinforced on one side with nylon yarns which gives it a similar appearance to Mylar scrim.  It is readily available if you don't mind paying around $3000 for a roll :-)

Tedlar tape (used as a kite repair tape) is a thick PVF film.  Orcon is much thinner

[the_hatman]

thanks @KaoS is it as strong and firm (ie non stretchy) as Icarex, just thinking for light wait full size stunt-trick kites.

[Coogee]

The tea cosy was made by the Missus.  She has also just done me some socks with a big toe so i can wear them with thongs, classy.

 

Mike