Zephyr hang glider ebay1/18/2024 A few bucks for a plan, balsa, glue, and covering. (A HUGE benefit by building scratch, btw). Should ONLY take a few building sessions before it'll be ready for a quick maiden WITHOUT worrying about a wealth crisis. and seems to have a descent following within the sailplane/ glider community. Picked up the plans from eBay for a few bucks. so I'll be building a no frills straight through rudder. Additionally? I LOVE the vertical fin's outline however, building it as shown using a counter-balanced rudder is SO 1970ish. I have recently acquired a mini high start, so I'll be incorporating a tow hook as shown in the plans. having some VERY light-weight contest grade 3/32 balsa. The plans call for the use of 1/16 inch balsa to make the wing ribs from, but. and went to work using some HEAVY scissors which performed FLAWLESSLY! I fired up the computer's printer, and printed the wing rib patterns, cut these out with scissors, then used spray-on contact glue to attach them to 1/32 hobby plywood. Owens negated to place the common CL (center-line) as is usual in most plans but DID add in NOTE #2 on his work, that the model should properly balance at the wing spar. but I'm pretty new to gliders, but LOVE balsa dust and have built several planks in the past, sport and scale versions. Just finished building an OLYMPIC 650 kit with an e- conversion (E-Flite 480. So? I thought I'd knock the rust from my #11 Exacto Blade and BUILD a great little ZEPHYR glider originally designed by Bob Owens. I've got a FREE month to play BEFORE graduate school starts, AGAIN.
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