Mode Zero

This 1/4 scale SG 38 has been a millstone around my neck. It was started decades ago and I've nearly sold it a few times but finally got my building mojo back for it earlier this year with the intention of flying it at the Ivinghoe Retro Glider event in September this year.This was mainly due to my mate Rob offering to build the wings. It isn't a quick build with around 800 parts with most of the metalwork formed from brass strip and the fuselage from plywood and spruce. It's almost finished just need the wing servos installing, ailerons hinging, all the flying and landing wires forming plus the elevator control pull-pull wires. Crank up the vinyl cutter to replace all the unusable 40 year old waterslides, shove in the rx and battery and it's ready to commit aviation. I'm going to add a servo operated nose tow point for aero towing and servo operated tow hook as well for bungee launches.
Still quite a few hours to go.

I've also built the SAS Venom in the picture, great model always fancied one and necessary as I recently sold a mate my new Wildthing.

Shaun

Great Shaun,
it will be an eye-catcher on the slope or wherever you fly it. It might not be the best glider in the world, but the real one was not either.
I have a smaller SG38 build from a Multiplex kit from the early 70ies with the added fuselage. It is by far not as pretty as yours, but still is an eye-catcher on the field as well. Apologies for the motor in the nose, but no usable slope in my area. Frank

Seen at the Old Warden "Festival of Flight", a week ago:


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Pete

tiptipflyer wrote: 08 Jul 2024, 05:16 Great Shaun, no usable slope in my area
Frank

Hi Frank,

How far is Wassekuppe away from you. That's a pretty good hill.

When the cloud base was too low we used to hook up an SG38 (in the UK Slingsby built the T-38 Grasshopper under license I believe) to a Land Rover and get towed around the peri track. Great fun.

Shaun.

I had forgotten they had one at OW Pete.

I was at Wasserkuppe about 5 years ago. Great fun, but a 4 hours drive away and I hate to drive.
But I will go again in the near future.

It's one hill I've always wanted to fly from. Should have done it all the years we visited Flugtag.

I've been there in 1973 and 76.
The radio is my home made Classic 6, with licence built (by Rowan, I thought) Kraft sticks.

I occasionally take the model out to vintage meetings...