Scale Soaring UK

With the model now ready for the paint shop, the overall weight (less paint, pilot, batteries & Rx) is 10.3Kg.
A quick final assembly indicates that 0.9Kg of lead placed at the instrument panel location is enough to get the balance near the position identified on Jilles’ 3-view pdf drawing.
Thus the amount of lead secreted into the nose cone was probably about right as the pilot figure & dual battery arrangement should be pretty close.
At <12Kg it should be a floater

Hopefully we will see post paint shop & flight pics in due course.
Peter

Looking forward to the maiden, Peter.

Will there be a video?

Cheers

Hi Max,
Don’t know about video etc as the model is not mine.
However, I hope to see something in due course as it should be a stunner when finished in its blue ETPS livery.
This is my 1/4 scale version from the Charlesworth plan.

Very nice.

And mine from the same plan.

They are lovely.

The story of those aircraft will make interesting reading.

Max Wright wrote: ↑24 Sep 2021, 23:48 They are lovely.

The story of those aircraft will make interesting reading.

Here is a little history on BGA1125 (VV401) I have Vince doing some searching for info on VV400 that Peter modelled.

VV400 started life at the Empire Test Pilot School in 1947 (as a Type 1) and was EoN/0/27. Originally registered as BGA558.
She was completely restored in the 2010’s by then owner Alan Pettit & had to be pretty much completely stripped down owing to much glue failure. Converted to a Type 2 (fixed wheel).
Was then based at Rivar Hill, registered as BGA1698.
Sold on a few years ago to a new owner.
Now based at Aston Down & flown regularly.

VV401 was EoN/0/029, registered as BGA559 as a Type 1 Olympia.
Written off at Farnborough 23 March 1952.
Rebuilt after many years, apparently using donor parts from several other gliders according to Alan Pettit.

Peter

Link to video of first flight of VV400 after 20 years on 29th June 2013, following major rebuild/restoration.
https://youtu.be/1Gmso7BAi2U