Maiden flight with HobbyKing X16 Jet, Chuck Glider. Converted to RC PSS slopeglider.Flying weight is 40 gram, and on this day it was flying with up to 45 gram extra ballast due to strong Wind.Build here...
Radio Control Airplane build. The late Ken Willard's design "Headmaster" scaled up from the "Schoolmaster 1/2A design in 1974 RCM magazine. A great flyer. With a simi symetrical airfoil and three channels, the Headmaster was flown by beginner and expert alike. It could take anything f...
A "how to" guide on making a balsa wood airplane with a 24 inch wingspan for under $6.00!...
Hand chuck glider made from 3"x36"x1/16" balsa sheet only. Test flight into unrecoverable dive...
Dave Pelletier and Art Pascale put their r/c conversion foam gliders to the test! Both planes feature "real" r/c gear and brushless outrunner motors, and as you can see, they're great fliers!...
If you would like to see the plans go to the Trimble 3D Warehouse and search "small balsa glider". You can either get a limited 3D view online or view in Google Sketch-up. Made actual scale in Sketch-up...
We made a glider. in a very very simple manner. in fact we did not have a knife too while making this. we just cracked it and scrubbed with an emery paper...
Hi all, well here with have Chris "Crash" Carpenter, flying his Schleicher ASK14 scale glider at the Lamaroo Aerotow event. The weather was perfect all weekend and in this video we see Chris find a boomer of a thermal and so see this graceful glider do it's stuff up high. The take off and ...
This is a prototype 17" indoor hand launched glider made from balsa taken from one sheet of 1/6" x 3" x 36" (the rules for an informal competition) The first glide from the shoulder shows promise. See: for more info on the design...
Web page 1: Web page 2: Web page 3: This is the best way to build a balsa glider, because the finished result is a very light and resistant balsa glider. ABOUT THE DESIGN: Its ideal flight time is about 30~40sec (no wind). but if there's ascend air, it can fly few minutes. This is one of the best ca...
This is the first Guillows build I've had success with. Maiden flight took place at Robins Elementary School in Tucson Arizona on March 13, 2011...
After crashing 2 big RC planes watch us have crazy fun throwing this Arttech DIAMOND 600 GLIDER around. and look out for what happens half way through!...
Step-by-step details about building a simple chuck-glider that actually works!...
My labor day weekend 'scratch build' project was to take a couple of kids' chuck gliders out of the closet, tape on some balsa control surfaces, and hot glued on a few servos, Rx, ESC, and Dr Mad Thrust 50mm with a Grafix.007 thrust tube, with hilarious is the ~4 foot wing span glider, and the horiz...
This is a video of my 'Flicka' Balsa glider which I downloaded templates for, free, from the internet. The link below is to the website which I used to download the PDF template file for the the Flicka. There are other plans on there for other variants and designs as well: Unfortunately, is delayed ...
Here is my how to video tutorial on how I converted the Hobby King X-16 Chuck Glider to an R/C EDF jet!...
This is small Chuck Glider.I have made it to help other for make it susses full in 1st attempt.Kindly use low weighted oil based color for extra reinforcement to the balsa...
Just under 43 grams, this is using a Yasu airfoil on balsa constructed wings and tail feathers, carbon boom and pushrods with 2x 1.7gram micro servos and 2 gram micro receiver. 130map 1s lipo.really fun to fly, only rudder and elevator surfaces and perfect for flying in the wind. this is the airfoil...
This plane is made only from balsa.Its 1m long and 75cm wingspan.That is only the first video.If you see the next part you will see the full build plus the painting.for the start balsa costs me 28.00 there are more videos coming if you would like to see what a balsa plane looks like when its built g...
In this video we learn how to make a competitive glider that can be used in the Science Olympiad. Tom Sanders - Academy of Model Aeronautics and Science Olympiad expert shows us how to make a catapult glider...
Balsa 'chuck' glider made from one sheet of 1/16" balsa 3"x36" long...
JA-RU Jetfire balsa wood chuck glider RC conversion (DSM2 brick)...