The first P1216 to fly!

[shedofdread]

With the impending release of Harrier's book on the P1216 (http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,6661.0.html), I thought I'd share a picture of a balsa 'chuck glider' of same that I made a little while ago. It was built to validate the calculations for the C/G location for a larger, radio controlled version that I really MUST crack on with... no excuse now with a whole book full of information and inspiration

Oh, by the way, for the historians out there, the first flight of a P1216 was from over by the fridge to the roller doors - a distance of some 20'

Regards,

S

 

[Mike Pryce]

Excellent! ;D

 

[tubtattoo]

That is superb... where do we get the plans? Excellent work.
I must post the P1216 I made out of Lego sometime.

 

[SteveO]

That's brilliant! I'm off to buy some balsa wood

 

[tubtattoo]

It doesn't fly but here's my first Lego attempt to replicate the P1216...
Will the plans for the balsa flyer ever be available?
Malky

 

[gtg947h]

It doesn't fly but here's my first Lego attempt to replicate the P1216...
Will the plans for the balsa flyer ever be available?
Malky

What program did you use to design that?

 

[tubtattoo]

Its just done in the basic LDRAW program... www.ldraw.org for more info and downloads etc
I have actually built it from real Lego but not got photos of it yet. Will try to do over the weekend. Cheers
Malky

 

[Pat Flannery]

Now it needs a laser pointer incorporated into it to guide the Lego bombs.

 

[pathology_doc]

I'd be surprised if some high-end lego set doesn't have one. Either that or go to thinkgeek.com or similar, and buy one of those things you can get that projects a moving spot for kittens to chase. Cannibalising it shouldn't be too much of a hassle for some of our modellers.