Monday, June 26, 2023

Deltie Airshow Gliders Finished

 I finally managed to sit down the past couple of evenings and take some permanent markers to the three Deltie gliders of this build.

Since this is an 'Air Show' model, I decided to render them in red, white and blue.

The bottom sides of the delta wings are solid blue to provide greater visibility during gliding flight.

On a whim, I also painted on some cockpit canopy windows, and applied a silver Sharpie finish to the nose of each glider.

All that remains is to tote them out to a nearby park and do some glide trimming operations.

Also on the build docket is finishing up the booster vehicle for these babies.



This should be quite a fun bird to fly under power.

Stay tuned.....



3 comments:

  1. are the bottoms also red, white and blue?

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  2. Hi, Mike,
    The bottoms of all the wings are solid dark blue. Good contrast against any sky background.
    I probably won't be flying this one until we get back to the Dove Valley field.

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  3. I'm guessing the booster is 18mm? If you have enough people present you could try an A8-3 trial run without getting too much altitude.

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