40% Schweizer 1-26?

[Al Clark]

A 50% 1-26 will have 40 sq. ft. (5760 sq. in.) of wing area! That's a lot of covering material. Root chord will be 32.25" and tip chord will be 16.5" - makes for really great Reynolds numbers.

[lenb]

From what I understand it will not be 33%, There are fewer and fewer 4m sailplanes showing up at the events these days, built up or composite.
Obviously the trend it to the larger, more stable and easier to fly sailplanes, so it seems somewhere in the 5-6m size is optimum.

Like Peter George says, productions are typically limited to maybe a 10-12 kits and we have 4 standing orders already without even knowing the scale yet. lol

Stay tuned.

[JimD]

1) Already have a trailer (and now that Kevin is gainfully employed again I may be getting a bigger trailer)
2) Current trailer is still half empty (and the two sailplanes currently under construction will not fill it up)
3) Already have two 1/3-scale sailplanes (but looking forward to joining the 6 meter and/or 50% crowd)

Therefore, my vote is for:

50% Scale 1-26 kit

[pete914]

40-50%!! I see a trailer in my future. I feel like it will need loads of ballast. The full scale one is a floater at 400-500 lbs.

[Xroadie]

...or you may see it in your rear view mirror LOL

[JimD]

40-50%!! I see a trailer in my future. I feel like it will need loads of ballast.

...well...a 50% would definitely add more ballast to your new trailer than a 40%...just say'n! 🙄

[airporter]

I'm in for anything from 33% to 50%, although 40% is perhaps a more reasonable size

[ARUP]

I saw on one of the other, lesser, forums that Ren Delio is working on a 1/3 scale version. So that makes it be ~4 meter span.

[Swiss1]

Loitering on other web sites!!

[ChrisL]

At 50% if the fuselage was broken forward of the main spar (two piece fuselage) the rear section is 88" and cockpit section is 38". If the wing was broken at the inner aileron station you get a 4 piece wing with 64" inner panel and 50" outer. That would fit in my Nomad box 4'x4'x8'. The max. fuselage section is 22"x12". With PeterGs current skills as a built up structure this should be no more than 35 - 40lb range.

[Tango Juliet]

And so it begins... The justification period. Lol!

[JimD]

Okay, I am good with 40% 👍

[lenb]

Schweizer 1-26E

The decision is 40%
4.8m wing 26" cord
8.5 ft fuse

Pricing to be determined, somewhere between 1000-1200 . FULL KIT . NOT A SHORT KIT

Only 10 are being cut, 8 are spoken for.
Please contact me ASAP if interested in committing to a position on the list.

Len
text me at 860-395-8406

[lenb]

One kit left.

[blake]

Len

Text sent!

Blake

[blake]

Wonder if anyone is going to build this version of the 1-26e? Just Google turbine 1-26.....

[blake]

Here is a link to a beautiful 40% 1-26 that was made in Italy.

http://www.baronerosso.it/forum/aeromodellismo-alianti/132932-collaudo-schweizer-1-26e-1-2-5-a.html

And a photo showing the size relative to it's builder.

[lenb]

Update,

Since we have 11 people signed up for kits and a couple more asking questions, I twisted Pete's are and got him to agree to 15 kits total but that is it.