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/* ---------- "Re: Dynaflite Skeeter and other HLG" ---------- */
In <1993Jan6.150701.20514@tms390.micro.ti.com> petero@tms390.micro.ti.com (Peter Ostrin) writes:
>Hi All,
>I am interested in hand launched gliders.  I notice that the
>Dynaflite Skeeter costs about $15.  Does anyone out there
>have any experience (good or bad) with this kit?  Is
>there any other low cost HLG Kit I should consider.
Please post or copy me on any recommendations. I was looking over an
article in RCM last night about this plane and I'm seriously considering
it for my second plane to build.  The reviewer was a little negative
on the plans and building notes. Have they improved?
I do have a specific question about HLG's: how good is the
performance? Do they thermal well? At all? 
>Thanks
Me too! THANKS! (To the net - For your past advice and discussion.
I've really enjoyed and welcomed the conversations)
>Peter
>petero@micro.ti.com

Steven Whiteside 

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    I built up one last summer, and it didn't pose any severe problems to me 
in building. I knew enough to not take too much of anything literally.

    Basically, the instructions are OK, but be careful as they may not make as
much sense to someone else.
    They had included some extra wing ribs, so you could, as I did, add a couple
of extra wing panels on each wing half. I didn't trust their wing spars too much
so I added some carbon fiber strips onto the top and bottom spars for added
strength. I ran spar cross strips all the way out to the tips. I also glassed
the center section like normal.
    The receiver had to go under the wing, the 250mah battery pack had to be
custom built (soldered together just right), and wedged into the nose before you
install the forward most servo. Micro servos are about all that'll fit into
the fuselage nose, anything else is too big. I added the HI-Start hook for small
field hi-starts, for when my arm gets tired and strained.
    The airfoil they use, needs a fairly sharp trailing edge, so you need to be
careful when sanding it in and covering the wing.

    It works pretty good, I can give it a good handlaunch, and it goes way up
there too. A small high start was all I tried and it definitely gets it up high
just off of the small hi-start. It thermals quite well, has very little drag,
but the small fuselage makes it hard to get the radio inside and still get the
servos, pushrods and rudder/elevator to work well.
   The instructions are a bit weak, but not enough to ruin building the model.



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