Our
November 25th meeting
promptly started at 7:00 in the new
meeting location at CrossPoint
Church at France Avenue & 98th
street in Bloomington, MN.
In spite of
holiday travels, Eighteen
(18) members & guests were present, as
well as some great projects, project
updates and of course insightful member conversations.
Cal Branton
was AWOL in Colorado Skiing with his
family.
Roy
Maynard's "Bergfalke"
Roy Maynard
shared his Phoenix Models
(from
Tower Hobbies) 3.3M (130” span)
Scale ARF “Bergfalke” sailplane. A
German design from the early 1950’s with
forward sweeping wings.
Roy say’s it has
really nice construction and covering
for a price that's less than many
foamies lately! It came with
options for tow release or electric
power. Roy modified it to accept a
‘BadAss’ electric motor and matching
speed controller with a 12 x 7 folding
prop to get to altitude. The
battery is a 4s-4200 lipo with BEC
(Battery Eliminator Circuit)
He found that the wing was designed for
mechanical spoilers so he installed
eSprit electric spoilers (from France)
with minimal modification.
The kit came with a nifty CG balancing
fixture and is very easy to use. Roy
found a sailplane launch dolly on eBay
that was 3D printed and displayed the
glider on it.
The airframe weighs about 8#. Ready to
fly in the Spring when our weather warms
up.
Brandon
Archer's 3D Printed Pilots
Brandon Archer
brought in several 3D printed pilot
figures and cockpit pieces design for
EDF Jets.
Ahmed El Bassal
& Jan Larsen's Team Project
Ahmed & Jan showed the plug for
their 45% Me-163’ canopy mold with a
segment of the fuselage plug below it.
The TEAM hopes to
have the completed Fuselage Plug
at the December SFM meeting.
We look forward to seeing you in
December!
Our next meeting will be on Friday
12/30, 2022 at 7pm.
To
All of Our Worldwide Visitors ...
We appreciate your questions, inquires and
support to keep Scale & Giant
Scale R/C planes flying everywhere!
