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Contributed - by Alan Rognlie)
After my good experience with Edmonds Deltie, I decided to try this model from Rob
Edmonds. I ordered it from Apogee
Components (along with a second Deltie, a plan set for a Nike Hercules and
a couple of his technical reports) and it arrived within 4-5 days. This kit
builds to a nice mini-motor (13mm) rocket glider - i.e. no parts are dropped at
ejection. During boost, the movable portion of the canard is free to move.
Actually, with the positioner placed under the movable portion the canard tends
to have a negative incidence. The ejection charge pushes forward a body tube
plug that forces the canard to positive incidences. All the balsa parts for
this kit are laser-cut, except for the nose and the BT plug. Like a Deltie,
this results in a self-jigging kit that is extremely easy to build. The only
nit I have to pick is that Rob does not include an engine hook or an engine
block in the kit. The engine is to be held in place with masking tape. I added
an engine block to positively position the motor during boost, and I'll hope
the tape will hold the motor casing at ejection.
K.W. (September 1, 1999)