Arcus/Duo/Janus/Nimbus

[Mosquito]

I used that same slot style release for years on a previous sailplane and it worked flawlessly. Great work Stephane!

[French1]

some small work, the front wheel protection to avoid flooding the fuse. Two balsa templates, some more balsa and CA and epoxy to make it splash proof



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Sans titre by steffruelle, sur Flickr


And the last week work, the mighty canopy! My most hated part.....

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a bit of paint on the frame, I like to use gray or granite cans, then some glue and waiting on the tail to balance the beast.


Now is a good time to think about the scheme, light blue will be of course the flavor as I still have a tonne of vinyl left from my SZD scheme

[BobM]

Amazing work Stephane !

[French1]

Quite a lot achieved since then,

last week end I started finishing the wings and got a provoking text from Peter ; "ready to Fly in Monticello?"

Well I guess he pumped me up! the two wings have been finished between Saturday night and Tuesday, as usual vinyl as a covering material..

Sans titre by steffruelle, sur Flickr


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servo have been fixed in the wings and we were ready to roll to Monticello to finish it

[French1]

Friday night,I balanced the Janus, glued the canopy and was ready to do my maiden on Saturday...

It went like a charm, not a click of trim, after the first tow, the release went without any problem, two turn and a dive to verify the CG. CG is dead on, slight pull out of the dive... as I was having quite some speed, I pulled and used that precious energy to loop it, a big tall loop, and again gaining energy we went to a roll and a stall turn. It is quite as if I had flown that plane for a while...

here is some picture, and I can't hide my joy!

I put some temporary trim just for the day, the final scheme will be applied later on

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Ready for the ride

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a beautifull ride

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Sans titre by steffruelle, sur Flickr


Landing, notice the wing shape with the air pressure as the wing in on crow

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here is an happy camper

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[ARUP]

Beautiful! I witnessed the whole flight and the Janus is very majestic on the ground and in the air! Great job, Stéphane! You are a model building machine!!!

[lenb]

another fine model Stephane, you're a master builder and should be proud.

[Joespeeder]

Great fun to watch the progress and success Stephane !!

Joe