1:4 Scale 5m Horton III designed by Jilles Smits

[Rich vale]

Motor gondola completed

[Lawrie P]

Hi Rich,
Thats looking very good.
Has that been glassed, if so what weight of glass cloth have you used.
Cheers
Lawrie.

[Rich vale]

No glass has been used. The center section will be covered in DIACOV 1000 from Nexus.

[Rich vale]

Center section has now been worked on more.
After much deliberation, I have decided to glass this section.

[Rich vale]

First assembly

[Mike F]

Hi Rich

The Horton looks splendid!

Mike

[Cliff Evans]

Looks great Richard.

[Lawrie P]

Hi Rich,
Thats looking very nice.
Looking forward to a flight report.
Lawrie.

[Rich vale]

I ve decided to glass the center sectrion with 24g / 24gsm / 0.6oz glass cloth and epoxy laminating resin.
Now starts the propcess of rubbing down ready for paint.

[Rich vale]

I was supprised to find the Horton was nose heavey when trying to balance it without the motor bateries installed.
It is at a stage that it is flyable as a glider and this is how I will maiden it over the next three weeks while visiting North Wales.
The powered version will need the motor batteries to be placed on the CG. So this will need a modification and surgery to achieve.