SLOPE
PANTHER $20.00
THERMAL
PANTHER $20.00
Extra
Wing $15.00
60"
wingspan, 8" Chord with Aileron, 14-25 oz. flying weight.
2 to 6 hours to build this low cost, super 1.5 meter glider!
The Thermal PANTHER kit Is a great small field thermal chaser
and gets great launches even by hand.
The
Slope PANTHER Is an awesome slope trainer and can be built
48 to 60 inches for tailfeathers or aileron control.
This
plane is ideal for beginners wishing to learn how to catch
thermals or seasoned pilot who wants a low cost plane they
can fly without worry! Feel free to customize the plane!
Use some or all of the 60 inch wing, and put as little or
as much dihedral as you want. We outline it all in the instructions.
Panther
was designed by Dean Thomas, leveraging his years of experience.
The PANTHER's pink foam fuselage, reinforce with balsa sheet
provides a VERY tough aircraft, and is ideal for beginners
who are learning the ropes of thermal gliding. Light aircraft
weight and a tough fuselage and wing keeps repairs to a
minimum. This is essentially the same plane as the Panther
Slope Soarer except this thermal kit features a wing with
a flat bottom airfoil. Kit includes Foam wing cores, foam
fuselage and printed instructions. Requires a 2 or 3-channel
radio for rudder and elevator. Ailerons and/or spoilers
are optional so a low cost 2 channel radio would work great.
Our sample plane uses HS-81 class servos.
This
is a Semi-Kit. These are the materials you will need to
complete this kit and must be purchased separately:
Radio: 2 or 3 Channel, 2 to 4 servos depending
on builder preference. HS 81sized servos. Aileron version
needs at least 3 servos, tailfeather only version needs
only 2.
Wood: 1/8 sheeting for control surfaces.
A hardwood spar is need to stiffen the wing. Use 1/4"
by 1/2" spruce stick. Optionally- 1/16" balsa
sheeting to glue on sides of the fuselage for extra strong
fuse.
Battery Pack: 4 Cell, NIMH AA cells.
Covering: Fiberglass strapping tape (about
10 feet), 2 rolls of different colors of 2 mil packing tape
OR 2 different colors/rolls of iron-on covering. Econokote
and Towerkote work well. Ultracoat is heavier but is supposed
to work as well.
Misc hardware: Control Horns, and Linkage
for the Servos. Try to use 1/2 A or Micro hardware as full
sized hardware is unnecessarily heavy.
Adhesive: Many glues workwell, these are
some of the more popular: Elmer's White Glue, 5-6 minute
epoxy, Gorilla Glue, Hot glue gun
Misc tools: Yardstick, Extra soldering
iron for cutting hatches in the foam fuselage
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Slope Panther
Thermal
Panther
