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Re: Slingby Kirby Kite 1:3 Jilles
Posted: 03 Jul 2021, 11:02
by Jolly Roger
Re: Slingby Kirby Kite 1:3 Jilles
Posted: 03 Jul 2021, 11:03
by Jolly Roger
Re: Slingby Kirby Kite 1:3 Jilles
Posted: 03 Jul 2021, 11:04
by Jolly Roger
Re: Slingby Kirby Kite 1:3 Jilles
Posted: 03 Jul 2021, 11:23
by Jilles
Thankyou for sharing the pictures
does somebody know how many Kirby Kites were built by Slingsby
Cheers
Jilles
Re: Slingby Kirby Kite 1:3 Jilles
Posted: 03 Jul 2021, 12:40
by Jolly Roger
25 produced according to
Slingsby Sailplanes by Martin Simons, with production ceasing in 1939 (when they cost £159! each).
There was a Type 23 Kite variant made after the war. Its wing was mounted higher on a streamlined pylon, and it had spoilers as standard plus a mainwheel. I've only found two photos of it, one in the Simons book and one copied from a photo borrowed from vintage sailplane enthusiast Ted Hull. The sole Type 23 went to the USA then disappeared.
I'm feeling like a proper vintage sailplane nerd here.
Re: Slingby Kirby Kite 1:3 Jilles
Posted: 03 Jul 2021, 23:04
by Jolly Roger
... and I've got the BGA numbers for all 25 Kites from the Normal Ellison book if that helps anyone.
That's me - I'm all anoraked out.
Re: Slingby Kirby Kite 1:3 Jilles
Posted: 03 Jul 2021, 23:07
by Jolly Roger
One more thing Jilles: I see your diagonal strip method is also used on the full-size.
Re: Slingby Kirby Kite 1:3 Jilles
Posted: 04 Jul 2021, 05:07
by Jilles
got the diagonal idea from attache picture.
Re: Slingby Kirby Kite 1:3 Jilles**
Posted: 02 Aug 2021, 08:01
by Jilles
Re: Slingby Kirby Kite 1:3 Jilles**
Posted: 07 Oct 2021, 06:07
by Jilles
Today the first wing was mated with the fuselage. I had a jig made up to set the metal brackets on the wing and fuse at the correct spacing and the three pins to be inline. Today was the first time to check this out. It went together as it should so no problems here.
The other wing is next, then everything needs to be setup properly to determine the wing struts pin centres