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Outdoor gliders
Here's a first look at what kind of fleet of outdoor gliders I might build. The bands of color indicate the range of scales I'm considering for each size class of plane, and the bold text indicates what scale I've tentatively decided to use among those. Some of the choices of prototypes are different than for indoor gliders, as I'm thinking about what might look the most impressive soaring overhead.
Also I'm trying to think practically in terms of what configurations would better at withstanding the acceleration of a rubber band catapult launch. For these I think I'd finally have to skip the rounded leading edge airfoil and use a cambered flat airfoil, so that the wings flex when it crashes ("when," not "if"), rather than buckling. Think I'd get these models laser printed, so that moisture doesn't instantly wreck the markings.
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