[Jon.]

No preplanning, no drawings. Just sat down and started building! Wing is from an Eagle 2 trainer, horizontal stabilizer is from a 4 star 20 (Thanks to Mad Mike! .Theres lots of scrap balsa and parts from about three other airplanes but I can’t remember... Pondering putting the engine on it, but I think I’ll pass. Thanks anyway Max! I’ll use it on my next build. Looks like it’ll fly... Now to track down a good hill to chuck it off!

[OLD PRAIRIE RED NECK]

Interesting!

I like seeing different things tried. On the slope there will be a delicate balance between a wind that is strong enough to support it and a wind that you won't be able to penetrate due to the high lift, high drag wing.

Don't give up on the power pod just yet! It looks promising to me.

[Max]

Hey Jon.

It looks right. As long as the CG is right it should fly.

If you don't have much luck when you chuck it off a hill, may I suggest on the second attempt you chuck it off a cliff??

[OLD PRAIRIE RED NECK]

Off the slope is to me what it looks like it could be best at and indeed the steeper the slope the better. It takes a pretty efficient glider to pick up lift off a shallow slope regardless of how strong the wind is.

It will fly for sure! We slope soared a Kadet Seniorita out here once with the prop off. It had a bit of trouble getting out away from the hill very far because it was a high drag bird compared to an actual glider. No shortage of lift just felt a bit like a parachute! We also tried slope soaring a Sig Wonder once and it showed great promise but the flight was short due to the pilot forgetting to turn the receiver switch on!

This is a great way to use up left over plane parts, have some fun and you learn a bunch in the process.