Sussex Pete

Just found this thread and I agree with Andy's comment on 100S and Tracker domination. I flew a Kamco Kloudrider 100" in the 2018 BMFA Nationals 100S competition - also coming last against a field mostly comprising Trackers! Launched once off a winch which was pulsed very gently and no bunt off the top to avoid folding the wings. The rest of my flights were off my 100m bungee with the CD very kindly let me use. I managed a good flight in each round and went home satisfied and with the glider in one piece but realised it was nowhere near competitive. So, what to do? Step one for me has been to retire the Kloudrider back to cross-country competitions on the slope where it does very nicely. But I wonder if step 2 should be to bring back some form of builder-of-model rule? 100S is by no means the only glider competition dominated by commercially built aircraft. Or... we need a competition for a different, still available, own-built kit?  The Elan, for instance? Any thoughts? ps I should say that I've also just bought (most of!) a second-hand Tracker...just to get a chance to really use a winch at full tilt! Edited By Sussex Pete on 17/10/2019 15:17:40 Edited By Sussex Pete on 17/10/2019 15:19:20

Posted by Jonathan M on 19/03/2018 20:26:00: Next up was fitting the rudder gubbins. The horn flange and back-plate needed trimming away (this time at matching oblique angles, but pictures only show the first rough trim), then had a little manual play with the snake - clearly the odd angle that the snake approaches the rudder is weird, but it seems to work well enough with no distortion or stress on the whole assembly: You're not the first to hit a mismatch between a rudder hinge line and a snake direction 8) Here's my solution using a ball-joint clevis on my Kamco Kloudrider (and apologies for the sideways pic - can't seem to rotate it here!)

Posted by Jonathan M on 08/01/2018 19:23:06: Today... Finalised the fit of the servos in the wing-pockets (excess aileron leads coiled and taped to servo side where there's a bit of room) and drilled 1.5mm diam pilot holes. Trimmed the pocket surrounds for an exact fit, and down slightly so that the 2mm thick plastic covers sit as flush as possible. Selected the two denser strips of the four lengths of supplied stock for the leading-edges (the remaining two will face the trailing-edges). And glued up using PVA and masking-tape (used lower-tack tape than the blue 3M stuff as I don't want to risk tearing up fibres from the veneer when I peel it off). I'm a late-comer to the thread, about to start my own MP2 build, and I want to thank you immediately for solving the aileron servo mount - and cable routing - for me! I've picked up loads of other good ideas from your build, too - never too much detail 8)