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| awemawson:
Well the POW's in Colditz managed to build a workable glider in a small space in an attic hidden behind a false wall so I suppose there is a sort of precedent :clap: |
| vtsteam:
Pete there's a small skeg in the stern, shown on the plans among other details not shown in the already compressed video. Tracks nicely. Skeg is small and sturdy enough not to hang up upon beaching or in weeds. |
| vtsteam:
--- Quote from: awemawson on August 24, 2020, 03:40:17 PM ---Well the POW's in Colditz managed to build a workable glider in a small space in an attic hidden behind a false wall so I suppose there is a sort of precedent :clap: --- End quote --- Now that's ingenuity and minimal space. Must have been interesting getting that down stairs and out the front door! |
| awemawson:
The plan was to launch it from the ridge of the castle roof using a heavy counter weight to get it up to flight speed. Intended as a last ditch way of communicating with any over enthusiastic 'liberators' intent on razing any German held fortifications to the ground. Some years ago a replica was built and a test flight was made that showed it would have worked. Desperate time desperate measures. . . . but we digress - sorry ! |
| howsitwork?:
very nice and of real value to you daily ! Or was it just a way of dodging chores for a month elsewhere our of SWMBO recall ? |
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