Comments on: Making an airminded youth (and a gliding model aeroplane) http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:11:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-69227 Brett Holman Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:03:41 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-69227 The download link is buried in the above text, but here it is again: http://airminded.org/wp-content/img/misc/model-plane.pdf The download link is buried in the above text, but here it is again: http://airminded.org/wp-content/img/misc/model-plane.pdf

]]> By: Alex http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-69175 Alex Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:30:08 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-69175 Where can I get the plans so I could build it? Where can I get the plans so I could build it?

]]> By: Airminded · York 2 http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-67798 Airminded · York 2 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:42:43 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-67798 [...] Meccano aeroplane from 1934. It looks a lot like the paper aeroplane published in the Daily Mail that same year. I had a look to see if it was based on a real [...] [...] Meccano aeroplane from 1934. It looks a lot like the paper aeroplane published in the Daily Mail that same year. I had a look to see if it was based on a real [...]

]]> By: Chris Williams http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-62908 Chris Williams Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:24:02 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-62908 At least I avoided "GdH senior" styles of failure: there's been no catastrophic tearing round the cockpit, nor has the propellor fallen out onto an airshow crowd, nor the main spar broken at an inconvenient moment. But in the spirit of the Swallow, I will build another, the better to investigate the flight characteristics of spinning in. At least I avoided “GdH senior” styles of failure: there’s been no catastrophic tearing round the cockpit, nor has the propellor fallen out onto an airshow crowd, nor the main spar broken at an inconvenient moment.

But in the spirit of the Swallow, I will build another, the better to investigate the flight characteristics of spinning in.

]]> By: CK http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-62895 CK Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:18:18 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-62895 Did I mention that I own the Harbour Bridge and can sell it to you for a song? Ordinarily I'm quite into the graceful curves of flying surfaces (Spitfire, Concorde, A380), but, I don't know, I'm just not sure about those dotted lines... Did I mention that I own the Harbour Bridge and can sell it to you for a song?

Ordinarily I’m quite into the graceful curves of flying surfaces (Spitfire, Concorde, A380), but, I don’t know, I’m just not sure about those dotted lines…

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-62887 Brett Holman Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:56:53 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-62887 No, CK, but I reckon I could knock off 24 of these for not more than half the cost of the Super Hornets. Well, not much more, anyway. No, CK, but I reckon I could knock off 24 of these for not more than half the cost of the Super Hornets. Well, not much more, anyway.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-62886 Brett Holman Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:51:39 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-62886 Ah well, a heroic technology needs its martyrs, after all. Ah well, a heroic technology needs its martyrs, after all.

]]> By: CK http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-62885 CK Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:51:00 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-62885 This is a Superhornet, right? This is a Superhornet, right?

]]> By: Chris Williams http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-62826 Chris Williams Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:39:56 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-62826 Well, the protype has been assembled, and it's all gone a bit Geoffrey de Havilland. Well, the protype has been assembled, and it’s all gone a bit Geoffrey de Havilland.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-62764 Brett Holman Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:51:42 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/10/24/making-an-airminded-youth-and-a-gliding-model-aeroplane/#comment-62764 Well, I don't know -- technically it doesn't have ailerons or even flaps. The trailing edges of the wings could in theory be used as such but I wouldn't want to get in trouble with <a href="http://www.casa.gov.au/" rel="nofollow">CASA</a> for making illegal modifications to the aircraft! Well, I don’t know — technically it doesn’t have ailerons or even flaps. The trailing edges of the wings could in theory be used as such but I wouldn’t want to get in trouble with CASA for making illegal modifications to the aircraft!

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