You have rekindled my interest in these great chuck gliders,I am going to carve up a few for some fun flying and catapult launch them as I do not think my shoulders would take the strain these days ! love the trimming strip idea it is so simple and better at retaining the trim.
This video is exactly what I needed, I'm new to CLG and its been quite a learning experience. I've watched every trimming video on RUclips and I'm finally starting to get it. I try and copy all the stuff you do and get mixed results but my 10 yr old daughter just " Grips it and Ripps it" and gets beautiful flights with her sandpaper model! Go figure? Thanks
Copterdude it is definitely a good airplane. :) I just lightly airfoil the tail so the edges are about 1/32" thick (1/16" sheet). All my wings use the Stanfoil as documented on discuskid.com
Nice! I do exactly the same thing! I actually have a video coming soon on a 21" CLG I built that uses that airfoil. How much does the Carbonette weigh?
Brilliant, Hugely informative and enjoyable. I guess those fence posts come with compensations.. At least you have somewhere to put that CA bottle.. 🤣👍
@@michaelmccarrol4523 For kids it's great. That said it's more a toss across the yard airplane than what we do here. Don't expect to launch it into a thermal and get it to transition into a glide, but you can give it a light toss and it'll go a good 150'.
That's why this one is equipped with a dethermalizer. You need to get it back. That said my favorite for competition is still my 12" which doesn't have a dethermalizer and fortunately I haven't lost mine yet.
Would have been even more useful if we could have seen what you were doing to the glider rather than having the camera trained on your face with your hands and all the action out of shot.
Love your Carbonette model! This one is sweet! Your gliders seek fence posts like our gliders seek trees! Great trimming tips! 😀
You have rekindled my interest in these great chuck gliders,I am going to carve up a few for some fun flying and catapult launch them as I do not think my shoulders would take the strain these days ! love the trimming strip idea it is so simple and better at retaining the trim.
I like the idea of gluing the small pieces on the stab for trim as opposed to trying to bend the balsa, I never felt that kept the trim setting.
This video is exactly what I needed, I'm new to CLG and its been quite a learning experience. I've watched every trimming video on RUclips and I'm finally starting to get it.
I try and copy all the stuff you do and get mixed results but my 10 yr old daughter just " Grips it and Ripps it" and gets beautiful flights with her sandpaper model!
Go figure?
Thanks
Great glider. Sometimes I check the incidence angle, when I get that nose down Attitude.
The latest version has a screw adjust on the wing hold down to allow incidence adjustments.
Thanks.
You got it flying good! Thanks.
Nice setup and fligts!
That looks like a stable, reliable flier! Nuce work! I wonder...how thin do you sand your tail surfaces? And what airfoil does the main wing have?
Copterdude it is definitely a good airplane. :)
I just lightly airfoil the tail so the edges are about 1/32" thick (1/16" sheet). All my wings use the Stanfoil as documented on discuskid.com
Nice! I do exactly the same thing! I actually have a video coming soon on a 21" CLG I built that uses that airfoil. How much does the Carbonette weigh?
I haven't weighed the latest one, but I believe it's in the 25-30g range.
Interesting. Would you say a plane of this size at 17 grams would see an improvement by going up to, say, 20?
Probably yes, IF it's streamlined enough to not see a big increase in parasitic drag outweighing the improved reynold's number regimes.
Brilliant, Hugely informative and enjoyable. I guess those fence posts come with compensations.. At least you have somewhere to put that CA bottle.. 🤣👍
Yeah the fence posts can definitely be evil!
What's the white and green glider?
Miami Mccarrol it's a big foamie originally from Lazertoyz. If I remember correctly it's called the Phoenix. Quite fun for the kids.
@@joshuawfinn is it a really good flyer? Thanks for replying
@@michaelmccarrol4523 For kids it's great. That said it's more a toss across the yard airplane than what we do here. Don't expect to launch it into a thermal and get it to transition into a glide, but you can give it a light toss and it'll go a good 150'.
Yum the man !!
That last flight was the charm. Normally you get it just right it catches a thermal and it is gone forever. 🤣
That's why this one is equipped with a dethermalizer. You need to get it back. That said my favorite for competition is still my 12" which doesn't have a dethermalizer and fortunately I haven't lost mine yet.
"If you can not glue it to yourself." let's be honest, that's the hardest part
So true!
Would have been even more useful if we could have seen what you were doing to the glider rather than having the camera trained on your face with your hands and all the action out of shot.