Foam Quark

[johnfireball]

Hi Fred,
         Forcast for tomorrow force 5-6. Could be there at 11am. I will text you my phone number. Would fly phase first and if ok then try quark.
John.

[Fred]

Sound like a plan
Text me when you go up there, and i'll meet you at the slope.

[Fred]

Hey John,

Are you going at the slope later ?

[johnfireball]

Hi Fred,
          Yea will head up around 2  still think there is too much wind but it is forecast to drop later.
John.

[Fred]

Hey John,
At the slope right now. Wind around 34kph gusting west, so a bit off

[Fred]

Looks like that was the week end for maiden! Good to see all these winter projects finally seeing light  


So, I met up with John at the slope this afternoon, and he maidened his Quark Mini.

I will leave John to tell you how it wentm but I think someone left the slope really pleased!  

Here are a few photos :





And I have to say that John's Quark looks really good! And it feel right in the air if you see what I mean.

Right after the first landing :


And more tweaking for another flight (5 or 6 done today qith the Quark for John  :clap: )



I'l put a short video of the first flight later  

Well done again John  :clap:

[JohnPearson]

Well done john, that quark looks cool!!!

[johnfireball]

Hi all,
     I love it when a plan comes together. A toast to paper and foam. What a glider!!! I'm afraid the phase is now for the history books. This machine is so responsive even with only 50% throws. I had my gear set up for dual rates and switched to full rates at height, well I had to quickly reset as it was tooo much for my ability but gave me a feel for its future capabilities. Yet with small control surface movement she is very easy to fly with no bad manners that I could detect. Flying weight at 1kg is I think perfect. She flew off the board with just control surface movement needing to be reset on my transmitter.  You just gotta get yourself one of these (big grin, dreaming of flick rolls). Now what's that blender thingie? Cant wait to see vid Fred.
John.

[Happy Days]

Cleaver ol’ John!  
Amazing what can be done with a few bits and pieces. Foam, paper, a bit of determination,…………and it flys!

I’m a great believer in getting the most you can out of virtually nothing, and I guess that airframe cost you virtually nothing John. Very well done :clap:

K.

[gerryb]

congrat's john on 1st flight. tremendous satisfaction from making something from scratch that cost virtually nothing yet gives so much pleasure. well done :clap:  :clap: .

[Fred]

And the video of the first flight  :clap:
Sorry, did a quick job here!  :oops:

http://www.gliderireland.net/images/videos/johnQuarkmini.wmv

I'll upload it in Vimeo later.

In the first 30 secs, just after the launch, you can see the test of higher rates for the ailerons / elevator.. Touchy!  
But that glider fly great  :clap:

[Happy Days]

Yea, good video Fred. :clap:  Well done John for making the plane and then flying a remarkably agile model.

Er,……..Fred, what camera were you using??? :?:

K.

[Fred]

Hey Keith,
This my old dv camera(a Samsung if i remember, used to cost a leg these things at the time!)

[johnfireball]

Thanks for the vid Fred. Perhaps if we keep quiet no one will notice the unplanned landing at the end. Nice bit of cello. That's what I get for camera posing.
  Regarding this expo thing I studied my transmitter manual and have discovered that I have a choice of dual rate or expo so that one or the other is always on and I also found that my transmitter was set for expo at 100% in the wrong direction( hence the sensitivity problem). Someday I'll perhaps get it right.
John.

[billscottni]

Well done John, cracking model :clap: