E-36 Slo Worm

[rivers]

Pictures for your amusement.

edit: Larger pictures substituted (3/23/07)

[George Reinhart]

So, what are we looking at?
A converted Mini Pearl?
Motor?
Timer?
Etc., etc.?

[rivers]

Pete,

Model: Slo Worm Class A gas scaled down to 36 inch span. Carbon tapered tube stick fuselage. Auto-rudder added. Weight 145 grams w/o Walston.

Motor: GWS 4.8v LPS w/ 4:1 gearing

Prop: Graupner 9×5 folding blades with custom homemade hub.

Timer: Ivers multifunction electronic timer. Includes dynamic prop braking.

Servo: Cirrus 101 with 3 function capability. Two functions used here: auto-rudder and DT.

Battery: KAN 400 4-cell nimh, twin stick pack. (update 12/08

[rivers]

More pictures. Trying a larger picture size.

[Jim Jennings]

Nice model! How does it fly?

[rivers]

Jim,
Thanks….we still have snow on the ground here in Boston, so no fly yet.

rivers

[gstew]

1. How many squares?

2. How’s it fly?

3. How much for that nifty timer?

Greg in Mississippi (usetabe Minneapolis)

P.S. Bonus Q… you got a timer that’ll run a brushless motor?

[rivers]

gstew
1. Wing: 198 sq inches, stab: 68 sq inches.

2. The model is still in the trimming stage. The climb is good. Model will do 30 + seconds on a 5 sec motor run. Transistion to glide; not so good. Hard to start and maintain a right-hand glide circle. Model will be contest flying this coming weekend. Hope to have it trimmmed by then.

3. The timer is out of production right now due to lack of time to build them. Please check back later.

4. Yes, I have brushless timers for F1Q. Two versions. Both out of production right now, same reason as above.

[gstew]

Wanna buy some.

Thanks!

Greg Stewart

[rivers]

Hi Greg,

The timers are still out production until a board assembly facility can be located. I don’t have time to solder all the boards that are being requested. Anybody have suggestions? The boards are mixed components :surface mount and through hole. I.C.’s are SO pack. Passive parts are 805 size.

rivers

[gstew]

I don’t have a suggestion on an assembler, but I could assemble my own from a board, a bag of parts, a schematic, and a layout diagram.

Possible?

Greg Stewart

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