Topic: And the next project is..

Any guesses?

the pic of the T tail makes it look like a BI glider 

Here another clue.

Inside

Big clue.

ASW...........(looks at pointy nose and T tail).......20

At last! Took 5 mins to get the speedo. 5hrs to get that one.

At last I have a big scalie. 4.2m. I'm pretty excited about this one. She needs a bit of tlc, repaint and radio install. I like the looks a lot. Structurally everything looks good, so minor nicks/hangar rash.

What make and what scale...?. Ant.

Pass on the scale/ 1/4?

I think it is a glasflugel kit. Glass fuze with glass over foam wings. Or is that the maker of the original glider? Don't know.

I think it is probably a Pat Teakle one like this-

http://www.scsa.org.uk/reviews/asw20.htm

You'll be running out of room soon
Must get on with my DG300

John.

I think it is probably a Pat Teakle one like this-

http://www.scsa.org.uk/reviews/asw20.htm

You'll be running out of room soon
Must get on with my DG300

John.

I think i have for maybe 1 or 2 more, maybe 3 or 4, maybe ...

Being Pat Teakle it will fly well..just remember if you need to epoxy anything in, don't..He used Polyester resin.

Here's some more pics of it in the 'workshop'. I'm not sure it is a PT, it has a glass/foam tailplane. The glass looks like a moulding rather than applied in kit form.



Things todo. Tbh I think it is pretty much rtf. Just needs a radio install. It could do with painting some bits. But the glass looks good over most of the plane and my fiddling would probably make it worse. :(

Are you sure it isn't the exact same glider posted in the link about the review?

Are you sure it isn't the exact same glider posted in the link about the review?

No, ive just found some instructions.
Fiber Glas Flugel unLimited -  ASW 20L. Hochrohnestrasse, fladlungen.

Airbrakes.

Pats ASW 20 was to a scale of 1/3.5 making the 20L version nearly 5m, this is 1/4 scale and quite rare, will turn out a nice glider. I remember the ad picture of Glasflugel of a woman in a hay field holding the 20L nearly on it's tip..... Lovely. Ant.

I've been told it flies nicely, likes to slope soar, but beware and keep the speed up, those narrow tips have a tendency to tip stall at slow speed. The asw series are very nice lookers.

I've been told it flies nicely, likes to slope soar, but beware and keep the speed up, those narrow tips have a tendency to tip stall at slow speed. The asw series are very nice lookers.

Where are you finding all these nice used planes in such quick succession? Even at good prices you must have a fair sized modelling budget!

I remember the ad picture of Glasflugel of a woman in a hay field holding the 20L nearly on it's tip..... Lovely. Ant.

this one?

That's the one.......good find.  .   Ant.

Where are you finding all these nice used planes in such quick succession? Even at good prices you must have a fair sized modelling budget!

Luck?

Lucky I havent started down the mouldie route yet or it would be 1 per six months.

Seriously though I think I have space for one more, this asw20 fuz is huge!.

And that will be ...

Something for f3f.

I do fancy a fox though ..

First things first, my son has found me a pilot. Here's the pic. His name is benny the bear.
Here she is at the local pimple.

Qq--

Well, shes finished. Ive gone swiss livery.

She is kitted out with hitec 5245s on flaps/ailerons/elevator, hs85s on spoilers and futaba 3001 on rudder.

Ready for maiden.

So what next?

Well, shes finished. Ive gone Swiss livery.

She is kitted out with hitec 5245s on flaps/ailerons/elevator, hs85s on spoilers and futaba 3001 on rudder.

Ready for maiden.

So what next?

All these planes in succession..all in 9 months of starting  this hobby....be care full..you will burn out one way or another.Jimbo..Its taken me 30yrs to get a 1/4 scale glider...you have a few already in a few months...they will all  mean very little if you carry on....Its obvious you don't appreciate(understand where you have got to in the hobby without the journey to explain it) the ones you already have other wise more would not keep coming...slow down a lot and really see where you are in the hobby.You have jumped onto the pole position of the race without qualifying!...Remember just because we all  have a load of kits in our loft/hangar/possession..this is because we have had years to accumulate them.You cant just keep buying the hobby.....If you value the long  term prospect i suggest you take a little time out of buying and start to learn about each model you have and how you can improve them rather than replace them with the next projet.. ...Chris.T

What kept you?

I think my favourite is the 20. I may keep that one for summer, and hanging on the wall.

The 20 has a pilot for the maiden. He will need a seat belt as he's honna be subject to serious g force on the inverted loops

Scale flying then....

Scale flying then....

Hmmm. Nah. I'll be hooning. 25 mph forecast. Need to get the reflex sorted and the ballast. Fly this one like I stole it.
Nyx hopefully will get a flight tommorrow at edge.
Love it when the wind blows

The 20 has a pilot for the maiden. He will need a seat belt as he's honna be subject to serious g force on the inverted loops

Inverted loop....Hmmmm...thats an outside loop then..start level..put down in and go round the bottom of the loop  inverted...good luck with a 20....will give you £25 for the bits!..chris.T

PS ..could do with another scale project

200 quids wortha servos in the 20.
Collectors item this. Fully molded. Worth 1000 minimum even as a resto project. Start saving up.

the wings seem to have a lot of foam in for something fully moulded!

the wings seem to have a lot of foam in for something fully moulded!

+1......fully moulded in veneer,I think he means!.....maybee give 50 quid for the wreck then if there are good servos in it.

PS...does this mean I have a fully moulded Teakle vega then cos mine has wood and foam wings ,just like the 20

Nah. No veneer. Glass Moulding over blue foam. The best type of construction I've been told.. None of your cheap chinese hollow mouldie stuff. German quality here.

Anyway should you lot be working. Hill should be empty again today

Nah. No veneer. Glass Moulding over blue foam. The best type of construction I've been told.. None of your cheap chinese hollow mouldie stuff. German quality here.

Anyway should you lot be working. Hill should be empty again today

Ok ,I will give you that one...on the subject of work..I am at work today but ive been meaning to ask what line of work you are in and must do the same,as the amout of time  you spend building,on this forum and flying at the "pimple" it must be part time maximum...chris.T

Yep.....made by Glasflugel me thinks, they also made a 6.25m moulded ASW 22 also. Although £1000 seems very,very steep. early this year I purchased a 1/4 Grob, fully moulded by WIK for just over £200....mmmmm, good luck with the maiden and the sale.. . Ant.

All these planes in succession..all in 9 months of starting  this hobby....be care full..you will burn out one way or another.Jimbo..Its taken me 30yrs to get a 1/4 scale glider...you have a few already in a few months...they will all  mean very little if you carry on....Its obvious you don't appreciate(understand where you have got to in the hobby without the journey to explain it) the ones you already have other wise more would not keep coming...slow down a lot and really see where you are in the hobby.You have jumped onto the pole position of the race without qualifying!...Remember just because we all  have a load of kits in our loft/hangar/possession..this is because we have had years to accumulate them.You cant just keep buying the hobby.....If you value the long  term prospect i suggest you take a little time out of buying and start to learn about each model you have and how you can improve them rather than replace them with the next projet.. ...Chris.T

Very wise words!
Jimbo-you're a bit like a kid in a sweetshop with some birthday money- buying lots of different ones without appreciating any.

You've just bought a Wasabi - nice model, but how long before that gets discarded for something else?
I'm on my second Wasabi in four years, I fly it regularly but I'm still tweaking it and finding out new characteristics.
Slow down a bit and smell the roses! 
 

Wow. Great day. Many maidens. Video to follow.

Zzzz..

Ok.. Well the wind was wsw, which was unfortunately not on the big hill and an angle on the pimple.

I did maiden the DR-Akrostar (flew great and a whole lot faster with a bucket load of epoxy and drainpipe in her belly) and maidened the Nyx Furio (wow epic that was). I also did a dry run set up the Asw 20 (she is too big to fly off the pimple). Cliff maidened his Acacia 3 as well.

Flying was great nice 15mph.

Here are pics of the 20.