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3027 ¡Regresa pronto! RPU 30
Span 57 cm / 22 ½ in Weight 47 g / 1.7 oz The concept: • Vee-tail • Good flight characteristics • Easy to build • Few parts • Low wing monoplane layout Name is Spanish and an informal (tú) imperative phrase that means “Come back soon!”. My neighbour uses it every day, sometimes twice, when she sends her husband to do the shopping. If you should have to employ this phrase formally (usted) you would say “¡Regrese pronto!”. It is never too late to learn Spanish. So, do it, do it right now.…
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1068 Double X’er Glider II
Span 23.5 cm / 9 ¼ in Weight 21 g / ¾ oz The concept: ■ Double-X-Wing configuration ■ Easy to build ■ Few parts ■ Good glide performance ■ 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) ■ 2009 Eightwinger Double-Xer (rubber powered) ■ 3026 Eightwinger Double-Xer RPU Building the sheet balsa Double X’er Glider II: Materials: Fuselage: soft B 3; wings: stiff B 1; anti-warp pinewood strips: 2 x 2; linen/cotton band width ½ in = 12 mm; ballast: piece of…
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1032 Tzipor
Span 54.5 cm / 21.5 in Weight 15 g / 0.53 oz The concept: ■ Slope soarer ■ Light weight yet stable for good performance ■ Profiled wing ■ Easy to build ■ Few parts ■ Conventional layout Name is Hebrew and means bird. Related to Tzipor are the feminine names Tzipora andTzipi. Tzipora is associated by many with freedom and grace and Tzipora was also the name of the wife of Moses — so tells us the Book of Exodus. Tzipi is a more affectionate…
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1031 Gokiburi
Span 51 cm / 20 in Weight 26 g / 0.92 oz The concept: • Twinboom layout • Easy to build • Good flight characteristics • Lightly built • Hand launched glider or slope soarer About the Name “Gokiburi” Many years ago, when I was studying Russian in the Soviet Union, cockroaches accompanied me in my daily and nightly life, sometimes by the hundreds. Locally they were called “Tarakany” or “Prussians.” They were everywhere, and since…
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3035 Tubarão RPU 30
Span 58 cm / 23 in Weight 58 g / 2 oz ready to fly The concept: After having built Tubarão gliders and rubber powered models consequentially a RPU model of the proven design had to follow. Here it is and it is big. Features: The name of the plane is Portuguese/Brazilian and means of…
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2061 FROG’s “Speedy” simpl.
Span 38.5 cm / 15 in Weight 25 g / 0.9 oz The concept: FROG was one of the great British model manufacturers in the old times. Happy the one who can nowadays acquire an unbuilt kit of this unforgotten brand. I like the outlines of FROG models, they look vintage but elegant and absolutely not…
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2036 Thermal Delta Dart mod.
Span 37.5 cm / 14 ¾ in Weight 22 g / ¾ oz The model: The original Thermal Delta Dart was a 24 in span rubber powered model by well known American model designer Frank Ehling from 1970. It was lightly built and could therefore reach heights where thermals could be encountered. Our model while…
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2018 ‘As’ del Pacifico mod.
Span 18.5 cm / 7.3 in Weight 18 g / 0.65 oz The model: The original ‘As’ del Pacifico was and still is a 10 inch span full house 3D (balsa stick fuselage, rib-wing, tissue covered) lovely little model from Mexico distributed around fifty years ago by Casa Vega. My copy is a slightly enlarged…
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1030 Babbuino
Span 18.5 cm / 7.3 in Weight 18 g / 0.65 oz The concept: • Slope soarer • Light weight yet stable for good performance • Easy to build • Few parts Name is Italian naturally and means baboon. Baboons by themselves are interesting creatures but there is more in the name, for example a 16th-century sculpture in Rome is known…
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2022 Eire Belle
Span 52 cm / 21 in Weight 45 g / 1.6 oz The concept: • Triple tail as known from the Lockheed Constellation • Shoulder-wing monoplane • Easy to build • Good flight performance • detachable landing gear • 6 in. Airscrew Eire is the Irish Gaelic name for Ireland. Belle is French and means beauty. The Irish carrier Aer Lingus introduced Lockheed Constellations in green livery in 1948. Building note: Some of the photos show first test model with profiled wing. The final product instead has an unprofiled…