Greetings all,
I just thought I'd share some pictures of a sailplane which I finished in March of this year, I started building the structure in October of 2017 but it languished structurally complete and not covered until this year. It's the Baby Gull by Gordon Rae, originally designed in 1946 as a 35" wingspan free flight glider with a gull wing and later featured as a free plan in Aeromodeller 1987. The plan showed three different fin shapes and suggested an alternative polyhedral wing layout. Whilst the gull wing was quite distinctive and very attractive, I decided to build mine with the polyhedral wing as I hoped that it would give the model a better response to rudder.
I judiciously strengthened the design to cope with the additional weight of radio gear, adding thin ply dihedral braces and additional sheeting to the wing and fuselage. I also eliminated the sheet fuselage formers to give clear runs for the control rods and wiring. There is a small hatch at the extreme nose, through which the battery is loaded, the remainder of the radio gear can be accessed through the wing seat. The finish is orange and dark blue Esaki tissue and white Peck tissue. As yet, the model hasn't flown, I have high hopes that it will be a relaxing and fun little soarer for light conditions from small slopes.
The plans were downloaded from Outerzone, linked here:
https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=2008
