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4003 Slangbella Tandem Batsheva HD
Span 66 cm / 26 in Weight 45 g / 1.6 oz Specifics: • Large model for use with HD slingshot • Back swept wing and empennage • Horizontal stab with anhedral • Good gliding performance • Easy to build • Not too many parts Name Batsheva (or Bathsheba, Batseba, Betsabé, Basheva or Batyah) is a universal Hebrew feminine name as it is ancient, biblical and ultra-modern at the same time. Batsheva is usually…
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4000 Slangbella HD Slingshot
Length 225 mm / 8.9 in Rubber length 340… 600 mm / 13.4 – 23.6 in Diameter 12 mm / ½ in Concept: ■ For heavier models ■ solid and reliant Small slingshots are slingshots for light models employing thin amber color rubber rings. This heavy duty (HD) slingshot is for models up to 80 g /2.8 oz weight and spans around 750…
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3023 Leeds Lass RPU 30
Span 47.5 cm / 18.7 in Weight 51 g / 1.8 oz ready to fly Concept Name of the plane Leeds is a great place. Nice people. Best Bengali food. A far above average university (Russell group member). Victorian atmosphere. Fascinating night life (!). Royal Armouries Museum. Not too far away from the Yorkshire Dales…
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2049 Puholowok
Span 40 cm / 15 ¾ in Weight 28 g / 1 oz Concept • Unusual outlines • Low-wing monoplane • Easy to build • Not too many parts • Good performance • 6 in-airscrew Name Puholowok (пуголовок) is the Ukrainian word for capgròs/ tadpole/têtard/girino/kikkervisje/kijanka/pulec/grodyngel/mormoloc/rumpetroll/головастик/ Γυρίνος/iribaş/punoglavac/ebihal/zapaburua/gërvishtja/kulles/sammakonpoikanen/pollywog… Some of my ancestors came from Ukrainian lands. Building the rubber powered balsa profile-fuselage model Puholowok. Materials Fuselage: B 3; fuselage nose parts (rounded): B 3…
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1074 Yaran gl.
Span 33 cm / 13 in Weight 14 g / ½ oz Concept Name Yaran means close friends in Kurdish. Kurds count 30 to 40 million people and speak an Indo-European language related but not close to Farsi/Persian. Their former territory Kurdistan was divided after World War I and is now part of Turkey, Syria,…
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1073 Circulo voador
Span 18.6 cm diameter / 7.3 in Weight 15 g / ½ oz The concept: Name is Portuguese as you may have guessed. Translation is easy as it translates into Flying Circle. Building the tailless balsa sheet glider Circulo voador. Materials: Fuselage: soft B 2.5; wing: B 1; wing supports: B strips 3 x 3;…
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1069 Double X’er Glider Experimental
Span 61 cm / 24 in Weight 47 g / 1.7 oz The concept: ■ Double-X-Wing configuration ■ Easy to build ■ Few parts ■ Upper wing pairs larger than lower pairs ■ Lower wing pairs stiff balsa, upper pairs lighter material ■ Basis for YOUR own experiments Other Eightwinger/Double X’er designs at beginner.zone’s have been so far: ■ 1026 Double X’er glider (X-wing) ■ 1068 Double X’er glider II (X-wing) ■ 2009 Eightwinger Double-Xer (rubber powered) ■ 3026 Eightwinger Double-Xer RPU…
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4007 Catajet II
A version Span 37 cm / 14.6 in Weight 20 g / 0.7 oz B version Span 36 cm / 14.2 in Weight 14 g / 0.5 oz The concept: ■ Jetlike appearance ■ Low wing monoplane ■ Trim rudder ■ Few parts ■ Easy to build ■ Capable of long glides ■ Solid airframe ■ For small slingshots ■ Two different versions on one plan Small slingshots are the usual slingshots for light models employing thin amber…
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4005 Jetlike Catapult Glider
Span 38.5 cm / 15 in Weight 30 g / 1.1 oz The concept: ■ Jetlike appearance ■ Low wing monoplane ■ Trim rudder ■ Few parts ■ Easy to build ■ Capable of long glides ■ Solid airframe ■ For small slingshots Small slingshots are the usual slingshots for light models employing thin amber color rubberrings. General notes on beginner.zone slingshot/Slangbella models: Be on the secure side. If the Balsa you intend to use for your fuselage is too soft or…
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3033 Tomek RPU 30
Span 50.5 cm / 20 in Weight 55 g / 1.9 oz The concept: • Easy to build. • Good flight characteristics • Few parts • High wing monoplane layout Tomek is a popular Polish name for boys and at the same time the affectionate diminutive form of the name Tomasz. The last being the equivalent to Thomas, Tomás, Tomaš, Tomas, Tommaso, Θωμάς, Томаш, Фома. Origins of the name are Aramaic or Greek and its meaning is twin or double. In Poland Tomek is a name…