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I ran across some information on the old Coaster Dynasoar Centauri boost glider model, produced by the Coaster Corp. in 1962. The design alluded to some possibility of it being flown RC on some of the old Coaster black powder motors, as an sentence in the corner of one of the old ads said: " You can radio control this one!". Evidently a couple of people tried over the years to make it work as an RC model, but could not as they evidently all pranged. Appears it had a boost CG issue.
Someone here on TRF did a successful free flight version at 2/3rds scale, for 18mm motors.
26" long, with a wingspan of about 15.5". Airframe is a 2" ID tube. Balsa nose cone
George G. has some history on the design, plus copies of the plans on one of his RC Rocketry pages, here: https://georgesrockets.com/GRP/GLIDERS/EarlyRC/FirstRC-preview.htm
Attached pics from George's pages.
The plans are a real draftsman's work of art. Seems a real shame that there is no documented evidence of one ever being flown successfully with R/C. An R/C build about 12 years ago petered out with no flight report over on YORF.
I think I am going to rearrange my production schedule so that after the Mizuno Shinryu is finished and do one or two of these, next. One for sure in Depron for an E6, hollow balsa nose cone (will have to turn one to match the drawing) and with the correct tube from BMS, a T204-34.
I might even do one with the flying surfaces in balsa, per the original, with 1/4" balsa wings and 3/16" balsa fins.
Would be fun to make one work with R/C, as envisioned, 58 years later.........
Someone here on TRF did a successful free flight version at 2/3rds scale, for 18mm motors.
26" long, with a wingspan of about 15.5". Airframe is a 2" ID tube. Balsa nose cone
George G. has some history on the design, plus copies of the plans on one of his RC Rocketry pages, here: https://georgesrockets.com/GRP/GLIDERS/EarlyRC/FirstRC-preview.htm
Attached pics from George's pages.
The plans are a real draftsman's work of art. Seems a real shame that there is no documented evidence of one ever being flown successfully with R/C. An R/C build about 12 years ago petered out with no flight report over on YORF.
I think I am going to rearrange my production schedule so that after the Mizuno Shinryu is finished and do one or two of these, next. One for sure in Depron for an E6, hollow balsa nose cone (will have to turn one to match the drawing) and with the correct tube from BMS, a T204-34.
I might even do one with the flying surfaces in balsa, per the original, with 1/4" balsa wings and 3/16" balsa fins.
Would be fun to make one work with R/C, as envisioned, 58 years later.........
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