ALOFT: Sig RISER-100 wing on Topmodel PRELUDE fuselage

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The quality of my first Topmodel PRELUDE project fuselage, plus the service and support from Aloft
impressed me so much that I ordered a complete PRELUDE kit; this time the PRELUDE REF (Rudder Elevator Flap) version.

ALOFT: AH-100 Build (new title)

"The Wing is the Thing" I wish I could remember where I learned that. Perhaps it was an RC Soaring Digest article title. https://www.rcsoaringdigest.com I love that sailplane - so much that I built three of them for winch launch, and sold two of them to flying buddies. The third led to a...

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The quality of the model was exquisite and I enjoyed flying it.

Unfortunately I dorked it pretty bad and figured I couldn't repair the tapered CF tube spar without a huge weight penalty,
so I decided to build my own replacement wing for this beautiful fuselage, which was still in near 100% shape.

 

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Since I already had the PRELUDE fuselage with an OLYMPIC-II wing, I decided to compare and contrast with a Sig RISER-100 wing.
I found the RISER-100 wing quicker and simpler to build, and their flight performance nearly indistinguishable from each other.

There is another sad ending at this point; I lost that plane in a flyaway, flying the limit of my vision in the Canadian wildfire smoke and haze.

Stage three is a winter build project for at least three guys (so far) - order Topmodel PRELUDE fuselages and tail parts from Aloft,
and build Sig RISER-100 wings to have beautiful-looking, lazy-day floater electric sailplanes next spring.

TopModel Prelude 2.5m Fuselage

Need a new fuselage for your TopModel Prelude? Well here's a fresh one. You may also want the canopy, elevator bellcrank and elevator and rudder assemblies. We also stock these parts.

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I'll link to that build thread when it gets underway.

// Dave Garwood

 

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> I'll link to that build thread when it gets underway.

Here are two links to related material.
1. Is the build thread for my second RISER-100 wing on a PRELUDE fuselage.
2. Is a wide ranging discussion on wooden wings on glass fuselages.
INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODERN VERSION OF A CLASSIC STICK-BUILT WING BY ALOFT HOBBIES STAFF.
This allows Aloft Forum participants to follow the design process, and to have input into it.

1. BUILD THREAD: Sig RISER-100 wing on Topmodel PRELUDE fuselage

BUILD THREAD: Sig RISER-100 wing on Topmodel PRELUDE fuselage

There are modelers among us who are enamored with fat-profile, long-chord, lazy day super-floater gliders, but who would be happy to have a prettier fuselage than those we build from the parts provided in the kit. Here is a path to that end: build yourself a classic open-bay wing from balsa...

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2. ALOFT: Airtronics OLYMPIC-II wing on Topmodel PRELUDE fuselage

ALOFT: AH-100 Build (new title)

"The Wing is the Thing" I wish I could remember where I learned that. Perhaps it was an RC Soaring Digest article title. https://www.rcsoaringdigest.com I love that sailplane - so much that I built three of them for winch launch, and sold two of them to flying buddies. The third led to a...

forum.alofthobbies.com