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Spin glider ( 28.3 in. / 72 cm )


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Spin glider

Spin glider

"Spin" is a basic "primary" glider design suitable for beginners to build and fly as a free flight towline glider.
For those of you who don't read Dutch, search the Internet for a Dutch to English translator website. This could be very helpful reading the plans. (But that's just me.) For instance, "Modelzweefvliegtuig" = model glider.
The spin glider was designed and signed by A.J.C.J. DeJong, Amsterdam in September '45. The wingspan is 720 mm or roughly 28 inches. A short primer (literal translation) of Dutch terms used in the plan is included below:
Triplex = plywood
bestaande uit stukjes lood = consisting of pieces of lead
fineer = plywood
draad = thread
vleugelmiddenstuk = wing centerpiece
rompvoorstuk = hull fore

And now it's up to you, the builder, to pursue more translation. That is, if you find it necessary. If you can get past the language obstacle this model glider seems a bit complex but evidently it works. Enjoy.

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Details: Full Details
ID: 91028
File Size: 780.4 KB
Type: Glider
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Sport
Motor: Not-Powered
Wingspan: 28.3 in. / 72 cm
Designer: A.J.C.J. deJong
Date: 09/1945
Weight Class:75g-To-100g (1.75oz-To-3.5oz)
Material:Various-Wood-Types
Listing Editor: aeroastro
Added: 24/05/2015 10:14
Updated: 16/05/19 02:50:32am
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Plan ID:91028
Keywords:Spin glider Dutch free flight not powered 1940s
Class:Free-Flight
Model Type:Glider
Aircraft Use:Sport
Wingspan: 28.3 in. / 72 cm
Wingspan Class:50cm-To-75cm (20in-To-30in)
Wing Position:Mid-Mounted-Wing
Wing Style:Straight-Wing-Rect
Wing Dihedral:Dihedral
Landing Gear:Skid
Motor Type:Not-Powered
Weight Class:75g-To-100g (1.75oz-To-3.5oz)
Material:Various-Wood-Types
Construction Skills:Beginner
Pilot Skills:Beginner
Date:09/1945
Designer:A.J.C.J. deJong
Restorer:FreePhotoFun
Category:PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies
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My version of the Dutch AeroBob on 09/06/2018 06:24
A "fineer of balsa" seems to make sense if it means a sheet of balsa. Triplex make sense as plywood.
In the list of materials "planktes fineer of balsa voor vleugelribben entippen" translates in Google as " planking veneer or balsa for wing ribs". I will use "3mm sheet balsa for ribs and tips."
Draad translates as wire or thread, but makes sense if you think of direction of grain in the wood.

I just hope that the cabin and the tail fin are supposed to be covered with tissue! Maybe the whole fuselage is to be covered.

I may just make this glider as the whole design is so different from what we usually see.

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