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MARCH 2, i9l6- ALL communications in connection with this section should be addressed to the Model Editor, "FLIGHT," 44, St. Martin's Lane London, W.C. Correspondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only. A Model Gilder. M». CYRIL A. AMBS sends the following details of a model glider which will, no doubt, be welcomed by other experimenters:— " Having obtained, some little time back, some very good results with a model glider, I thought that the drawings might prove useful to fellow-readers, and herewith enclose same. The model, which at first sight appears to be rather complicated, is in reality little more than a ' glorified' paper glider. It is single-surfaced, and can be flown indoors or out of doors on a calm day, and at all times pro duces a very realistic appearance. The planes are made from either medium thickness ni'tepaper or foolscap, the latter in preference, as if the former is'used it will necessitate the upper plane being made in two sections. The supporting struts between the two planes are triangular in section, and, as accompanying drawings indicate, are I in. in width on each of the three sides. They are made of thick notepaper, and when one is completed we have a tube 3 ins. long. Each end of the tube is then, in turn, filled with ' Seccotine' (which is to be recommended), and placed in the required position on the plane and left until quite diy. This way besides being very light is very strong. All other supports having been made out of strips of any ordinary wood, in this case obtained from a penny fan, the two lower ones, which run from under the tail, lower plane and eventually form the skids, are made from a strip of bamboo on account of having to bear the strain of landing, These same spars having Heen previously s'uck to the under side of the lower plane, are bound with cotton to the leading edge of same, and afterwards stuck. The wheels, which are made of car dboard, are 3 ply, and the axle, on which these run, is bound to the upper side of skids. Two small skids are bound and glued on to the two lower spars at trailing edge of lower plane. The rudder is on the upper side of the tail, and only the main and upper plane is cambered. The model will require a sealing wax weight under lower plane, the quantity of which can only be determined by experiment.'' A Scale Model. From Mr. E. A. Botting, a Kentish reader, who, judging by this sample of his work, should have a future in aviation, we have re- ceivrd the following with the accompanying photographs :— " They represent a model of the Simplex (Mayo) military tractor biplane, which I have constructed from the drawings which appeared in ' FLIGHT.' The simplest of tools were used, and only matrrials to hand put into the machine. The wing frames, Sec., were cut from thin tough card double surfaced with piper, fuselage of card board, and chassis of thin cine. The wheels were made from cotton reels. All joining was done with 'Seccotine.' Though far from perfect, the model looks quite realistic, all parts being doped with pale varnish. Of course no attempt was made to make_ a flying model, the whole affair is much too heavy." U»e of a Bench Waited. One of our readers, who is stationed at Ufford, near Woodbridge, Suflolk, would be glad to hear from any aeromodellist in the neighbourhood who would permit him to use a bench. We should be glad to send on any letteis. Yi*w frvm- w^d*Fn-*^J\. Drawings of Mr. C. A. Ames' model gilder. A couple 0! views of a well-made scale model 0! the Simolex-Mayo tractor—constructed from the scale drawings In "FLIGHT."
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