New Sportster

picture test. If it works I'll post more.

well, it appeared to work this time.
I had an extra Giles wing and threw this big sport plane together just before the weather turned south. 60 in. 740 squares 42 oz. Monowheel gear for landing. Powered by an LA 40 with a 12/4 prop. Flies pretty nice. Still needs some trimming to keep it out overhead on 5.8 sec. laps. Does just fine at 5 sec. on a smaller prop. I even went whole hog and masked a 3 color paint job!!

The second pic shows the wing construction. Hollow foam with an internal Ibeam spar. Very light and strong and easy to build. The foam covered with light plastic and then covered with OO silkspan put on with polycrylic. One coat of primer, sanded off 50%. Then two light coats of good old Rustoleum Gloss Protective Enamel. The silkspan and primer pretty much completely cover any trace of the foam. Looks just like sheet balsa. Lots of time to sand when its zero out.

guess I didn't have to compress the images quite so muyc. Oh Well next time.

Wow Phil, great looking ship! Looks like it would be a great beginner/intermeiate/practice/sport plane. Let us know how it trims out.

God bless!

excellent looking plane love the sleek look of it looks like it ought to be a superb flyer let us know how it works out myself i wouldnt mind having a copy of the plans for it if possiable

Ferocious,

Concerning the foam wing used on this model, I have a mere three comments:

1. How amusing when you refer to having a "spare" wing set when you are the one making them.

2. I have seen the print ads and think you have come up with a really cool application for cut foam wing technology. Very clever.

3. You seem quite shy when it comes to blabbing about your stuff on this site.

Look, you might still be a mostly-greasy Combat Dude, but you are making some moves in the right direction with Stunt-capable models. (Even if the allure and logic of flaps somehow still escapes you.)

I vote for you hitting us with some pictures. Of course it will appear to be mercenary! But many of us will benefit, of that I am sure.

>I vote for you hitting us with some pictures.

Have you seen http://home.earthlink.net/~philcartier/giles/truebeam.htm
I just noticed it recently.
The first picture (you need to click on it to get the full effect)
is worth a thousand words. Pretty cool.

>>I vote for you hitting us with some pictures.
>
>Have you seen
>http://home.earthlink.net/~philcartier/giles/truebeam.htm
>I just noticed it recently.
>The first picture (you need to click on it to get the full
>effect)
>is worth a thousand words. Pretty cool.
>
>Preston

Indeed. Thanks for the tip. I'd still like to see the latest stuff on this site. It's been years since I poked any of Cartier's models with a sharp stick, kinda miss the fun.

Geez, Dan, if I didn't toot my own horn like you do nobody would ever listen, but thanks for the compliment.

The I beam wing has worked out better than I imagined. I'd never build a greasy combat wing this big any other way. As a side benefit for the Core House, I can't imagine cutting this wing by hand!! It would be a real bear.

the pictures come up on my computer in the first message. For some reason Len's server wouldn't respond to the first couple of tries.

Anyway, I built at least six sets of wings and half of them never made it onto a plane. That's Research &Development for you. Not to mention covering at least a dozen separate panels just to get weights and techniques for finishing. These wings actually turned out about 3 ounces heavy, which is why they never made it on a Giles. But they did look smooth and it was an easy way to get a knock around airplane done quick.