With a 24 inch wingspan, this plane is big-time fun. A very large and graceful single seat glider that can glide effortlessly for hours. No. You can't steer if'n yer rudder vibrates off! By logging into your account, you agree to our
Flew it a bunch of times on calm evenings, it would circle up until it was almost out of site, then come on back down. If the glider is to be made into a canard design, like so many have done with the Titan glider, the main wing will be at the rear of the fuselage and will need to be adjusted downward towards the thrust line more. It had a split rudder to get some more area down low to help it turn better and a balsa elevator. Sky Streak Rubber Powered Airplane Kit 4 stars (1) price $3.99 Quick view Jetstream Rubber Powered Wood Airplane Kit price $4.99 Quick view White Sky Glider - 24" 2.5 stars (4) price $6.99 Quick view Flying Eagle Airplane 1 stars (6) price $12.99 Quick view Slingshot Gliders price $3.99 Quick view. By logging into your account, you agree to our Last one....this shows tri-stock stab brace and balsa facing on rudder to allow secure hinging. ... Sky Riders Toy Foam Glider - 4 foot … This is our best selling foam glider. With a large 24" wing span this plane can be thrown by a strong baseball arm for large looping flights or gently tossed for a long floating glide The most complete is by Roy L. Clough in the September 1997 issue of R/C Report. Do I need to fuel proof the foam? Another battle lesson. This item may be discontinued or not carried in your nearest store. They're easily assembled--just slide the wings and tail into place.
Some guys dug a hole, siliconed 'em in or just jammed a piece of foam between the servos to hold 'em in. Here's some shots of my last foamy. This is more pronounced on bombers if you take a look.
This is the launch for one of the figure 8 heats. Otherwise the foam is going to have a hard time resisting damage on a hard landing and other challenges. This is common for slow flying RC models and gliders. You can see some of the the epoxied cracks where it has been repaired many times, usually during battle!
Soon the concept grew until our club had an event in Feb. each year called "The February Frosty Fingers Foamy Fun Fly" We used to have 20 or 25 of 'em at the events and the contests were limbo, climb & glide with loops, figure 8 races (what a hoot) and a free for all combat with no streamers at the end of the day! If the wing slot, or saddle isn't changed during the conversion work to make it an RC flier, the stabilizer will need to be zeroed to the thrust line. For informational purposes, the product details and customer reviews are provided.
It is also likely the stabilizer position on the nose, or forward of the main wing will be set very close to zero to the thrust line unless the desire is to build a very lightweight slow RC park flier. When I get time and the wind quits, I will give it a few tosses to see how she flys and how I will need to adjust the tail feathers. As weird as it is nitro does not melt the foam but it does soak in prity good so that is up to you, adn about the chasing issue hope your kids have a Dirt bike because I think that i will fly prity far if you balence it nicely and also epoxy the wing in ive had a few of them and just the wing pin will not hold and the epoxy will not melt the foam ether have fun. Sky Riders from Maui Toys are "gigantic," 48-inch foam glider planes. Here's the servo mount. Can I put that engine on the front of this plane and put weight on the tail for balancing? Mine is the Ultra Flyer from k-mart I can check and see if they still have any if you like.......RogThese are the small ones...more popular now than ever. Yup, they fly great!
Please call your local store to check in-store availability before heading there. Baaaaaaaaaahahahhahhahahahaah, sounds like a quote from a Dirty Harry flick....."this is a sawed off shotgun, the worlds most powerful shotgun and it'll blow the nose "clean off" your foamie 1/2a plane,,,,"go ahead, make my day",, what a blast that must have been, I may just have to challenge the guys at my field,after I get mine perfected.....thanks for the laugh,, DB..Rog
Guillow Flying Eagle 48" Foam Glider This is a basic, large, solid foam glider that normally retails for $10 and has been fitted with lightweight RC gear by various Youtube video makers. I'll take some pix tonight and post them tomorrow. I still have one hanging on the wall. Sky Raider Foam Glider This is our best selling foam glider. My wife picked up 5 of the Wal-Mart Sky Rider Gliders on clearance for $1 each.