The Large PSS Site

THE LARGE PSS SITE

Updated 01/25/05 in Brisbane Australia

This page is dedicated to all BIG Scale Slope Soarers

1/4, 1/3, 1/2 Scale or Spans over 2.5 meters

To start with, here is my 1/16 scale Boeing 767-200 in QANTAS colours

Approx. Length 3m (118"), Span 3m(118"), Height 1(38)"m. The model's shape is to scale and is assembled from 10 basic units. Nose, Fuselage Center section including Wing center section, Tail, L/H and R/H wing outer panels, L/H and R/H engines, L/H and R/H Main Landing gears and the Nose Landing Gear. Wing uses modified SD6060 airfoil. The stall is gentle and has no tendency to snap. Currently it uses seven JR 507 servos, one for each control surface however Aerotow release and Nose steering are to be added.

Construction = White foam, 3 rolls of Brown paper, 2 litres of PVA glue, 4 litres Water, Carbon tube spars, some thin ply, PVC pipe and 10m of servo wire.

Weight <6kg.

	Assembly before the Test flight at our Club's slope site No decals yet.....Just in case!!		The engines were left off for the initial flights. This thing is BIG!
	Off into the wild blue yonder The wind was light and variable up to 10knots Flew really well. Very groovy		Cruising on its way to some loops, rolls and inverted flight. Penetrates well and has a good speed range. Signals lift/sink noticeably
	Coming in to land. The flaps are very effective		Yeehah!!!!!!!!
	The next day with decals and engines at the SSSH Fly-in at Laidley		Next to David Vels' beautiful Sabre
	Ready to Launch sans engines again. Wind was very light and lift patchy		RUN!!! Soon after this the lift dropped right off and the model was flown to the bottom of the slope.