How to make a great free flight glider with Balsa wood

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This is a very fun and easy project to make for you or for a child, either way it requires a bit of skill to build it and make it fly. You will only need basic tools like a hobby knife, wood glue and the main material is balsa wood, as stated in the tittle of this video.
The Simmer’s Glider won for me the Class B senior indoor glider record in March 1937. which has had the good fortune to remain unbroken for two years. The first model of this design made a 57-second flight. Designed by Wallace Simmers.
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@ansarahmed4631 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, I appreciate and love your way of explaining and your patience for making the glider smooth.

@eleanorgordon261 Жыл бұрын

love how simple and easy the design is. It flies so well.🕊🐦🐦🐦

@donnieeudy7293 4 жыл бұрын

I all ways enjoy your videos I watch all of them Thank you very much keep up the good work.

@sebbissland7273 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, man! I had to watch this video for a school project but it was really interesting so I watched all your vids! they're awesome! Keep it up!

@Joyplanes 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@sebbissland7273 3 жыл бұрын

@@Joyplanes Cheers

@NighthawkGliders 3 жыл бұрын

Joyplanes- Enjoying flight and enjoying life! Well done! 👍😀

@Joyplanes 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Thank you!

@FuadPhenomenon 5 ай бұрын

Hitting a massive like for that amazing airfoil design!

@deeparameshkumar804 Ай бұрын

Hi faud i like your channel and that foam board glider

@leobluesy 9 ай бұрын

Always great fun.

@paulschmolke188 3 ай бұрын

Nice job!

@SAMax2268 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. The trimming of the wings can always be improved, but still good nonetheless 👍

@axelsmith209 7 ай бұрын

I actually made this glider and it took a little while but it was so fun to make and I even added some ultralight servos on the flaps to make it Remote controllable!

@axelsmith209 6 ай бұрын

No Way

@axelsmith209 6 ай бұрын

I Watch all of your vids and I can’t believe that you hearted my comment! 😁

@axelsmith209 6 ай бұрын

Again thank you so much for posting this step by step, it really helped!

@daviddavids2884 Жыл бұрын

if we assume that the cg was correctly located, then the video of the flights indicates that model never had a correct amount of nose-up trim, at the horiz-stab.

@pranitjadhav9564 2 жыл бұрын

thats amazing

@manasagarwal6924 4 жыл бұрын

Wow another beautiful plane and a great video! I'm really curious how big can you realistically make a balsa wood hand launched glider? Future video idea maybe? 😉😉

@Joyplanes 4 жыл бұрын

Some people have done big ones in another channel. But for big airplanes I prefer to use the classic built metoth.

@joshuawfinn 4 жыл бұрын

In the US we build them up to 1m span for contest flying. Tailbooms have to be made from carbon to handle the launch stresses because we discus launch them. The pros get close to 2 minutes in calm air.

@manasagarwal6924 4 жыл бұрын

@@joshuawfinn Wow. Just saw your channel and you have some amazing stuff there. Specially the super slow flyers! Glad I randomly found your channel. Subscribed!

@joshuawfinn 4 жыл бұрын

@@manasagarwal6924 welcome to my crazy world :)

@stalin200000 3 жыл бұрын

plan shows negative attack angle of the wing

@olafheidtke7858 4 жыл бұрын

cool

@prathameshkalaskar9250 4 жыл бұрын

I am also working on this project! Will upload video very soon!!!! Btw I just love to watch videos from joyplanes RC❤️

@Joyplanes 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I want to see your video.

@prathameshkalaskar9250 4 жыл бұрын

@@Joyplanes of course, will upload it very soon!

@prathameshkalaskar9250 4 жыл бұрын

@@Joyplanes kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gZx9psmLudnKkpc.html Not that much informative as your videos are!

@al4in3866 3 жыл бұрын

Best plane

@antoniorodriguez-cv8kj 4 жыл бұрын

I really liked this video thanks you. What do you use for weights clay ?

@ayushkaiwart2451 3 жыл бұрын

It was a good glider to make.

@Iku35 5 ай бұрын

nice work next time make a lift to real mars alon musk will pay u 100 tusla

@jimthompson3247 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, new subscriber from Atlanta, GA. I need to purchase an imperial ruler. :)

@mohmidooo Ай бұрын

Can we get the design plans?

@bangabil7351 Жыл бұрын

I'm from Indonesia I have a lot of balsa wood

@daviddavids2884 Жыл бұрын

6:23 this nose is over-long: its length Should be Reduced by about 45 percent.

@gamalmostafa5681 7 ай бұрын

are all lengths in the pdf in mm like the wing is it 170 mm or Iam wrong

@devanshplayzminecraft2538 4 ай бұрын

Hi, can I make with only 1.5 mm thick balsa wood?

@daviddavids2884 Жыл бұрын

6:17 !!!!!!! the grain in the vert-stab should be VERTICAL. !!!!!!!!!

@flightdog1807 3 жыл бұрын

nice plane

@Joyplanes 3 жыл бұрын

It sure is!

@user-nr8uo4op3d 4 жыл бұрын

Exelent

@vihaanarora8647 2 жыл бұрын

Just asking, but wouldn't the glider fly better if the wings folded down and you give a little less thrust? as the down wings will provide stable lift allowing long glide range and speed at the same time

@newskyflyersbhopal916 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice

@Joyplanes 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@azmibadri8083 2 жыл бұрын

Link aeroplane pliss

@clsgaming3859 2 жыл бұрын

fly very will

@user-kv8nq9xm1x 3 жыл бұрын

I have a question.can I use 2mm balsa and then sand down the stabilizers so they have an airfoil too???

@Joyplanes 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but stabilizer don't need to generate lift, a simetric airfoil is recommend.

@user-kv8nq9xm1x 3 жыл бұрын

@@Joyplanes okay thanks

@anup857 3 жыл бұрын

Can I use only 3mm balsa sheet and sand it to make it thin for other parts🤔

@j.elders2880 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, make sure its sanded symmetrically and it should work.

@sanidhyasharma3882 2 жыл бұрын

Which app you used to make wings design in pc

@eleazarguzmanrn6945 3 жыл бұрын

Quick question: Doesn’t the application warp the wood?

@Joyplanes 3 жыл бұрын

No.

@user-on6gf8dv6f 4 жыл бұрын

How thickness of the woods

@manuelferreira4480 3 жыл бұрын

I think it lacks angle of incidence.

@Joyplanes 3 жыл бұрын

I'll make another one and test that.

@manuelferreira4480 3 жыл бұрын

@@Joyplanes Es un aeromodelo muy bonito.

@wdtaut5650 2 жыл бұрын

This was designed for indoor flying. Indoor gliders don't need as much built-in stability as outdoor flyers. For outdoor use, build one, see how it performs and adjust as needed. At 7:01, you can see he is adding 'up' elevator. Too much 'up' elevator and the plane will loop at the launch. It's a tightrope between enough incidence for recovery and too much so it loops.