Gliders > Slope Soaring
Where do I get an EPP flying wing?
cvanscho:
Hi Ron
Another source of wings is Windrider in Hong Kong, see: http://www.windrider.com.hk/products/product.cfm?id=9. Ming gives excellent service, ships really quickly and ridicuously cheap too. I've had a couple of his EasyPro gliders. Each one cost me 50 Euros landed in Kerry! Very clever design, quick to put together. I don't know what the Bees are like (to be honest, I've got a little bit of a "thing" about wings - I like planes that look like planes!).
Depron sheets are available from a number of UK sources, including http://depronjet.vstore.ca/. Ron there is a great guy.
My own answer to the bouncable plane requirement is a 60" glider made of solid timber! See the following: http://www.planeinsanemodels.com/prototype.htm. I just received my kit yesterday, so hopefully you might soon see it in action at a slope near you!. It's truly beautifully made, and starting to gather a bit of a cult following, but not really suitable for light lift!
Good luck, and hope to meet you soon!
:D Chris
Ron:
Hi Chris,
I like the look of those Windriders.
To be honest, I've been avoiding 'wing things' for a long while.
Like you, I prefer planes to be plane shaped.
But then I thought... I could throw one in the car with the shopping and not have the tail sticking out the window. And other people seem to rave over them. And it would be just as a quick 'slope tryer'... etc. etc..
But I'm still not 100% convinced.
Solid wood?
Hmmm...
I'll just nip down to Murphy & O'Conner's for some 4 x 3.
Seriously though, that looks, err... serious.
Thin section, slippery, heavy (ish), bit of lift and you could mow the grass with it.
I've got a solid wood boat, so why not a solid wood plane?
Ron.
joe:
Hiya guys.
I fly a skua from http://www.wowings.com. an Australian guy makes them.If your looking for something a bit different on the wing front the skua and the booby are worth checking out!
The skua flies great and is really crash-proof.Epp with a carbon spar and cover in fiber tape.will not fly in really light lift. Crash-proof and really light is going to be hard to find!
He has not made them for a while.I just got a mail from him saying he was going to make a few more in the next few weeks.I might buy a couple if anyone wants one! The skua 1500 looks good for slope racing.
rogallo:
Ron,
I am surprised no one has told you there is a shop in Cork with Zagi(s) in stock
Noel Barrett Models
21a Washington Street West.
Cork
021 4275971
cvanscho:
SPOTS!!
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