Top) Emerald - I just bought this from a fellow club member, so here's a link to his page
Lower Left) Hera - from Etienne at Icare Sailplanes. Medium wind F3J/ TD machine.
Lower Right) Eraser/El Camino - from Etienne at Icare Sailplanes. F3B version, suited for F3B work or heavy air F3J/TD.
Top) 18m DG-600 - from Etienne at Icare Sailplanes. Pictured here is Ryan van Beurden with his brand new DG-600 (Mine is with the Kadet).
Lower Left) Kadet Senior - coverted Sig kit, adding flaps, ailerons AND A TOW RELEASE (soaring content), for learning how to aerotow. Happily pulls up the TG-3, should be good for up to a 3.5m sailplane
Lower Right) DAW TG-3 - just for fooling around and teaching friends to fly. Got mine in at 29 oz @ 4 ch. (vs 36-40 stock), so it thermals well! Now with a tow release for practice towing behind the Kadet.
Top) Maple Leaf Encore - DLG
Lower Right) Raptor Aerosports Feather XL - coverted to DLG
Lower Left) Nymph MHLG - 30" span, shown next to a 60" Wizard for scale
Upper Left) Herr Engineering Aquastar - back from the dead after a nasty run-in with a model helicopter
Upper Right) Multiplex Lucky - my glass slope ship. Great fun in light or heavy wind, though it could quite happily be about 16 oz heavier.
Lower Left) Sunbird - big 90" themal wing design. Flies great, I'm really happy with this one.
Lower Right) GWS Pico Stick - here you see a Stick in it's natural environment...cheap, fun little parkflier.
Not shown) ODR, One Design Racer. 60" EPP slope ship, soon to be kitted by a new company on the market. I got a pre-production kit to review, and I'm REALLY happy to report that it's going to be worth waiting for.
Top Left) RnR Genesis - an old workhorse, I sold this one to Ryan (see DG) when I bought the Emerald. The Genesis ultimately met it end under the unforgiving wheels of a Nissan Quest minivan, though parts of it may live on with another old Genesis. In the photo I'm holding onto the plane (it's the rather nasty green/salmon airplane...believe me I didn't paint it!)
Top Right) Zagi EPP - bought it just to figure out which slopes are slopeable, though should the odd combat session come up, it took on all comers. I eventually laminated the elevons with carbon fibre cloth and sanded them to a razor point, but I had to retire the airplane after three seasons late in 2001. It was never quite the same after I used it to dynamic soar at California's Parker mountain while attending the 2001 International Hand Launch Competition..
Middle Right) Midwest Essence - it's true! There's half of an Essence wing in there somewhere...sort of :) Definitely a superfloater.
Middle Left) Great Planes Spirit Elite - a friend bought this one, but I love showing it off!
Bottom) Wizard HLG - a good HLG, but not suitable for discus launching.
Project #1: 1:4 scale Minimoa from the Chris Williams plan. 160" span, beautiful gull-wing design. A Californian example is seen at the top to the left (photo credit?)
Project #2: DLG. Step 1 complete - fusealge pod mold complete. Similar style to pod used by the Encore.
Project #3: Rosenthal 1:3.75 scale Ventus C. Proposed span 199" An example is seen to the right (photo credit?)
Project #4: 2002 SAE Aerodesign West airplane. Please see this site to support our team!
Project#5: BossaNova, own design (92" span, 70-120 oz). Built tough and rigid for the Speed Trials tentatively scheduled for 2003. Mold for removable nosecone is seen in middle-right photo.
