Sparrowhawk chuck glider
After an earlier discussion about designing a balsa aeroplane my son later in the day presented me with his design of a chuck glider. We had to see if it could easily be made and if it would fly.Out of some 1/16" sheet balsa scraps I cut some 1/16" x 1/16", 1/16" x 3/16" strips for wing ribs and leading and trailing edges. I cut 4 lengths of 1/16" x 1/4" x 10cm strips that we laminated to make a rigid stick fuselage. We used some scrap tissue for wing and tail covering and...