Grob Egrett at 1/7.5 scale
Posted: 25 Mar 2020, 11:28
OK, the full size Egrett is not a motor-glider but I’m sure a model version could be classified as such. In addition, it has been used as a glider tug, towing a Perlan 2 to 40,000ft over the Andes. It has a span of 33m, so even at 4.25m the model would only be about 1/8th scale. Cheaper on model pilots, I suppose.
This fascinating aircraft has been on my list for many years. The main difficulty is building or sourcing a suitable scale wing but there are a number of attractions waiting for the builder including a tricycle undercarriage, four-bladed prop, huge exhaust and a bewildering number of variations on the basic planform. Three views, photos and a foamie model plan are here: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpos ... stcount=90.
All the three-views are from the manufacturers, courtesy of a sailing club friend who worked for them when they had a servicing facility at Bournemouth Airport. The 1:20th scale drawings are of the Egrett DST twin seater and the G520 single seater and there are less good scans of the Agrett and the DST. I'm afraid the big scans miss off a section of the very tail of the plan view, but this can be interpolated from the other drawings. I don't have any fuselage cross sections but they are pretty easy to follow using the photographs and my model plan
The 60" span model plan was drawn a decade ago for a speed 400 and foam construction but my lack of skill with wing cutting proved to be the model's undoing. It did fly though. A 1/16th balsa chuck glider at 12" span has had a long and successful life in the garden and with the grandchildren, proving that the aerodynamic concept works well at small scales. You can see a picture of the model on my website here http://www.sopwithmike.org.uk/html/post_war_0.html.
So here's the question. I've drawn up a 148" span wing. The full size has an undercambered section a bit like a Quabeck HQ35, but all my wing-building experience has been with slightly easier sections such as E207, which to be honest I would prefer if I'm to take the plunge. As a complication, the wing is very narrow, only 250mm chord at the root and a mere 103mm at the tip. Are there any suggestions, comments, "barge pole" prohibitions, even?
This fascinating aircraft has been on my list for many years. The main difficulty is building or sourcing a suitable scale wing but there are a number of attractions waiting for the builder including a tricycle undercarriage, four-bladed prop, huge exhaust and a bewildering number of variations on the basic planform. Three views, photos and a foamie model plan are here: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpos ... stcount=90.
All the three-views are from the manufacturers, courtesy of a sailing club friend who worked for them when they had a servicing facility at Bournemouth Airport. The 1:20th scale drawings are of the Egrett DST twin seater and the G520 single seater and there are less good scans of the Agrett and the DST. I'm afraid the big scans miss off a section of the very tail of the plan view, but this can be interpolated from the other drawings. I don't have any fuselage cross sections but they are pretty easy to follow using the photographs and my model plan
The 60" span model plan was drawn a decade ago for a speed 400 and foam construction but my lack of skill with wing cutting proved to be the model's undoing. It did fly though. A 1/16th balsa chuck glider at 12" span has had a long and successful life in the garden and with the grandchildren, proving that the aerodynamic concept works well at small scales. You can see a picture of the model on my website here http://www.sopwithmike.org.uk/html/post_war_0.html.
So here's the question. I've drawn up a 148" span wing. The full size has an undercambered section a bit like a Quabeck HQ35, but all my wing-building experience has been with slightly easier sections such as E207, which to be honest I would prefer if I'm to take the plunge. As a complication, the wing is very narrow, only 250mm chord at the root and a mere 103mm at the tip. Are there any suggestions, comments, "barge pole" prohibitions, even?