1/5.5 Grunau Baby IIb

loopingfred

Hiya !

So, my latest scale ship made is maiden yesterday !

Pictures of the finished machine are here : http://gliderireland.modelisme.com/grunaubaby5.htm

And the video of the 3rd flight is here : http://acmangouleme.free.fr/GrunauBabyweb.wmv

Very bumpy flying conditions yesterday, and CG too much forward.. Flew like a truck ! Just watch the relief at the end...
So, Just need to wait now for more laminar flying conditions...

Enjoy,

Fred

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tallus

excellent video Fred Liked the Led Zep background music too

loopingfred

Thanks Tallus...
Had no idea for the music yesterday... Grab the first CD, and put the first song !

"What a whole lotta love"... Not bad... I love this machine !

Fred

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syl77

Looks like its finished very well. What kind of wingspan does it have?

loopingfred

Hi Syl77,

The wingspan is 2.5 mtrs.
A real pocket size scale glider !

Fred

loopingfred

The latest video of the Grunau :

http://gliderireland.modelisme.com/images/videos/grunaubaby2web.wmv (R click, save as... 4.40mins - 7.4 Mb)

As you can see, the elevator is still a bit.. sensitive ! - Very good day in Keelakee, 5 hrs of flight with Scale gliders, PSS and so on !... Happy !

Enjoy the video !

Fred

tallus

lovely bit of video Fred

loopingfred

Thanks Tallus !

Fred

coolwings

Nice flight Fred.
It catches lift nicely in that north westerly.

Was that Monday?

loopingfred

Hi Norman,

Thanks,
Yep, the wind was a bit North, but moving from W to NWW, so, lift were far in the Valley, but conditions were great.
That was on Sunday, flew from 1pm to 6.30 pm ! Happy !

Fred