So what is the biggest boost glider that you have seen? (Other than the Space Shuttle). Is it possible to have a slow launch say with an M then have an RC glider. Is there a manufacturer that makes boost gliders for a 29mm or 38mm motor mount?
Thanks
Jim
The biggest I have seen is about 4 foot span but it was a pterodactyl format on a J125. Free flight BG.
Jerry
X-30 project, which has flown at NARAM, LDRS 21 and LDRS 22. You can see a photo at
-Kevin
There's the "Star Booster" M-powered RCRG that the Cal Poly folks have flown at Fresno several times now.
-dave w
Wouldn't the X-30 or Rocket Challenge be considered a boost glider in extreme form?
Kev> X-30 project, which has flown at NARAM, LDRS 21 and LDRS 22. You can
To add to Kevin's post...Here's a couple of videos:
Seriously, he's been working with me so that eventually I'll be able to fly my RC-equipped Edmonds Ecee Thunder.
Doug
Yeah, but technically that's a RG, not a BG. ;O)
Seriously though - the next biggest glider I know of is Jason Ware's big-ass upscale Orbital Transport with R/C. Which is a wee bit smaller that the X-30. I'm sure there are others out there.
I did a George Gassaway inspired boost glider, some of his work can be found here
Happy Flying! Mike Dickinson
I think the second biggest was probably Gary Price's SST glider back in the late 80's or early 90's. I saw him fly it a couple times on an I65. IIRC, he later flew one on a J125.
The "Greater Cincinnati Radio Control Club" has been flying a J125 powered radio contolled scale shuttle for the past 10 years or more. Wing span is about
6 feet and length is about 6. It is flown several times a year but in public at the club's annual "Flying Circus" in August. It is the last event of the day and really "wows" the public. Hits about 1000 feet and glides, well like the real shuttle, like a brick and lands on the paved landing strip (or sometimes in the grass but always right in of the crowd).Karl Perry QUARK, Cincinnati, OH
wow cool Karl, I'd like to see that...
shockie B)
Too cool!! Got a link to any pics?
Yea............a lot of them........so long ago 8^(
AstronMike
snipped-for-privacy@aol.com (JimNietmann) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mb-m06.aol.com:
Rob Edmonds' scaled up Ecee Thunder.
len.
Good grief, Len.
You for one should know that the Ecee Thunder is a "rocket" glider....
:-P
Andy
Biggest attempted? or that actualy glided?
:-)
Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" >>> To reply, remove the TRABoD!
The RATT Works M would be perfect; long burn and relatively low thrust. I've flown a lot of RC rocket gliders. The best was the AT Phoenix, in terms of performance; you just can't beat a Bob Parks designed airplane...but it wasn't really a rocket, it was a slope soarer for people with no slopes. I personally love the NCR Avatar, which looks to me as though a Concorde fell in love with a Shuttle and had kids. It doesn't glide very long but it looks VERY cool doing it, and it is rock stable under boost.
Is anyone else old enough to remember the Pittsburgh Convention, and Danny Sternglass flying his D-cluster boost gliders? I don't know what Danny called them, but the popular name was "Flying Lumber Yard." The ones I watched all suffered from a typical problem of big boost gliders: having enough pieces of the vehicle still stuck together after burnout that you can get a glide. Today's master of this phenomenon is undoubtedly Robert Edmonds. I am in awe of Robert's knowledge of aerodynamics and his amazing determination to test every imaginable configuration of wing and motor. I'm also amazed that he hasn't been arrested for littering.
Doug Pratt rocket geezer
snipped-for-privacy@houston.rr.com (Andy Eng) wrote in news:3fb9429b.462119262 @news.cis.dfn.de:
Duh, I just saw the glider part.
len.
kaplow snipped-for-privacy@encompasserve.org.TRABoD (Bob Kaplow) wrote in news:O2C$ snipped-for-privacy@eisner.encompasserve.org:
The one I saw actually glid.
len.
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