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Sorry for disappearing, but I had some health issues that kept me preoccupied. The difference between a boost glider and a rocket glider is that the boost glider pops a pod with motor as Warren described. The rocket glider keeps…   Read more»

An update: when I was working on the cruise missiles and I was a machinist cutting airfoils on wings, the wings were folded into the fuselage, swinging forward. At deployment, the wings would fold back into position. In my research…   Read more»

I will see what I can find. I can find photos all day that show the slots in the lower fuselage where the wings came from. I used to machine wings for them and saw wing deployment in slow motion…   Read more»

If you could have the wings swing out, where they fold forwards and swing backwards at activation and the pivot is at the rear, then you could have swing wings out like on a tomahawk cruise missile. That should solve…   Read more»

As I’ve said before, I’m a complete amateur with nothing more than rules of thumb and an empirical approach. I’d very likely take a stab at building a foam wing glider that glides well and then overbuild the shit out…   Read more»

If you could have the wings swing out, where they fold forwards and swing backwards at activation and the pivot is at the rear, then you could have swing wings out like on a tomahawk cruise missile. That should solve…   Read more»

I hope my interest in this doesn’t slow anybody else down. There’s a good chance that I’m never going to get the round tuit needed to complete the project. It’s fun to think about, though.Also, my job isn’t much help…   Read more»

Feel free to take over the idea Adrian, I defer to your far greater professional experience in aerospace.

I’ve been toying with this idea myself; I even got a couple of 4″ blue tubes when they were on sale recently. I figure with a couple of carbon-over-foam 4″ chord wings, that swing outwards from the back end, someone…   Read more»

I would certainly be interested in participating, in a group project, if you would have me. I live in Wellington, so logistics may be difficult. I always thought an Estes Nightawk would make an interesting upscale project.I think if the…   Read more»

I like the idea of targeting something sized for a J350… I have 3 or 5 or maybe more of them in the magazine as well as a couple casings. Heavy duty construction… Anyone, anyone?

If you like the Edmonds Ecee Thunder rocket glider (aka Flying Lumberyard), I have vector drawings from the laser cutter. I was originally thinking of upscaling to 29 or 38mm and making it with honeycomb sheet instead of balsa.Mine always…   Read more»

I meant something that boosts as a swing wing, then when the booster pod detaches, a swing-wing type deal deploys the wings so that it flies like an old Estes Falcon…The other option is to do something like the old…   Read more»

Question:Warren, was that a typo, and what was actually meant was a swept wing, aka Estes Falcon? The only time my Falcon was a swing wing was when I failed to build it strong enough. I did upscale a Falcon…   Read more»

With a J350, it’d have to be a swingwing or similar folding setup. Full width wings will be confetti regardless of carbon! Let’s kick it up a notch with a J570! This would be a nice twist from all the…   Read more»

I love it! Think carbon over aluminum frame swing-wing ala Estes Falcon boost glider with an aluminum T-section tailboom. Lets talk. I’ve got a whole crap load of carbon and Kevlar sitting here with nothing better to do.

Thanks, Bear.And storm turned into a Category 4, annular hurricane, apparently pretty rare. And it didn’t even hurt anybody! Woo hoo!.http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/archive.html?year=2011&month=06I've been trying and failing to get a combination of 3 Js over 50kft the last couple of years at…   Read more»

Warren and Adrian, tell us more about this group project for those of us that do not know! I thought it rather impressive to have a tropical storm named after you. A poor second I am sure, though.