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Windrose II 15-meter Motorglider Plans For Sale
Complete and unused Windrose I and II plans and building
instructions. Includes extra plans and instructions for 15 meter wings. $300 + you pay shipping. Contact Doug Hoffman at or 248-576-5580 Mon-Fri 7:30am-4:00pm ET 248-693-8835 evenings and weekends. |
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I remember when that 1st was introduced. How many were completed? Is there
an owners group? "Doug Hoffman" wrote in message m... Complete and unused Windrose I and II plans and building instructions. Includes extra plans and instructions for 15 meter wings. $300 + you pay shipping. Contact Doug Hoffman at or 248-576-5580 Mon-Fri 7:30am-4:00pm ET 248-693-8835 evenings and weekends. |
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Search on the web for more info on the windrose.... my experiences nearly
cost me my life with an untested easily stalled wingtip. You might also look up how many people have been killed in it as well...... and thats about how many have been built! -mat -- |
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Redsell is predictable. To wit, my e-mail to the questioner,
predating Redsell's post slamming the Windrose. -Doug From: Doug Hoffman Date: Mon Oct 13, 2003 9:29:34 PM America/Detroit To: Subject: Windrose I'm not aware of an owner's group. I am aware of at least 10-15 completions (probably more but it is hard to say). A few completions appeared in Kitplanes. http://user.tninet.se/~trz012v/windr...ndroseII99.htm http://user.tninet.se/~trz012v/windrose/Rene.htm http://user.tninet.se/~trz012v/windrose/Roman.htm If Mat Redsell hasn't already e-mailed you, expect to hear nothing but negatives from him. He refurbished one, lost control while flying it and bailed. Rather than admit that he might have had the CG too far aft, he never measured it and he is on the small side, he prefers to badmouth the design. You should know that there have been 2 deaths, both were the classic engine quit upon launch and try to slowly turn and make it back to the runway. Not a good idea, especially at low altitude. They both spun in. But then there have been at least 10 such incidents in Moni's (very underpowered) and even the Russia AC5M has already had 2 launch accidents. One resulted in very serious injury. The other destroyed the glider, pilot ok thankfully. I think the moral here is motorgliders can demand extra attention, especially during self launch and if power is lost. One must "fly the glider" (i.e., don't lose airspeed if the motor quits!) at all times. Irv Culver, the chief designer of Windrose, was a highly respected aeronautical engineer that worked at Lockheed's "Skunkworks". Jim Maupin was also heavily involved. Both were also responsible for the Woodstock and Carbon Dragon. Either of these guys had probably forgotten more than Redsell will ever know about gliders. I believe that Redsell was personally responsible for the Maupin family stopping to make the plans for all 3 gliders (Woodstock, Windrose, Carbon Dragon) available to the public. A real loss... Regards, -Doug |
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I did not refurbish a Windrose.. I purchased a very incomplete one that I
completed in about four years work. The story of the building and flying is on a web site http://www.continuo.com/windrose/windrose.htm. One should read the site and made their own minds up. I felt there was a lot of potential with this aircraft but it had not been thoroughly tested enough before it was released to the public. The plans also need updating as carbon rovings do not make a predictible spar. I suggested very strongly that Janice Maupin sell the plans with the understanding that it was a concept that needed refining. The main prolbem is that the aircraft was never thoroughly tested. There is one main problem. The all flying tail can stall as it did twice for me in a dive. The first time I was able to recover: the second I could not recover and had to bail out. The other very severe problem was the easily stalled wing tips which for a motor-glider is not very good. It also had difficult handling characteristics in circling that I was never able to remedy. The construction is also questionable with the inboard ailersons. They do work but contribute to the wing stalling and should be further investigated. I do know my aerodynamics well and have been a test pilot in the development of the Flying Wings of Jim Marske. I also modify the aircraft I fly and work extensively in carbon and fiberglass. My work can be seen on the Marske Web site. I am also an instructor. I am helping Jim Marske in the upcoming Spar workshop held on November 22-23, 2003. As unpopular as I am still feel that I gave a good assessment of the windrose and shall continue to convince designers to have their creations thoroughly tested. -mat -- Marske Flying Wings http://www.continuo.com/marske |
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"Marske Flying Wings" wrote in message . ..
[snip] As unpopular as I am still feel that I gave a good assessment of the windrose and shall continue to convince designers to have their creations thoroughly tested. What is your opinion of the Carbon Dragon and Woodstock? |
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I do not have any building experience with the Woodstock or Carbon dragon
but I can make some general comments. The use of wood in a glider is not really recommended any longer, nor is the combination of wood and fiberglass. Ineveitably the wood and fiberglass tend to separate. It is better to use an all fiberglass structure and I even avoid the use of foam. Spars constructed with carbon rovings are unpredictable and tests have shown that compression and tension readings are very low ( 30.000- 60,000 psi) whereas using a carbon rod will give a predictable 300,000 psi. I have seen the prototype carbon dragon and the one built by Steve Arnt. Steve's magic drag was much modified and he had tested his carbon rod spar. He had done his research well. The use of carbon rovings is again not predictible and the combination with wood I do not recomend. I suggest that it would be better to vacuum mold all the parts from carbon cloth. Again I have not seen any flight reports on the carbon dragon as to stability, spins and general handling. Much development is now needed in this design but for the time was a brilliant step forward in light wingloading soaring. And as to your comment about the CG location on my windrose... I built it on a weigh scale to make sure the CG came out at the correct position. I had flown it to begin with in a slightly forward position and gradually moved it back as needed. I have done a lot of work establishing the CG postion for the Marske Pioneers and Monarchs .The designer has some idea of where the CG belongs but each aircarft is different and the Cg refinement is then done by a qualfied test pilot. The windrose was easily tip stalled and the all flying tail could be stalled..... and that remains its' worst features. -mat -- Marske Flying Wings http://www.continuo.com/marske |
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Now that is something interesting.
Doesn't seem to have crossed the big pond so far... -- Bert Willing ASW20 "TW" "Marske Flying Wings" a écrit dans le message de ... The use of wood in a glider is not really recommended any longer, nor is the combination of wood and fiberglass. Ineveitably the wood and fiberglass tend to separate. It is better to use an all fiberglass structure and I even avoid the use of foam. Spars constructed with carbon rovings are unpredictable and tests have shown that compression and tension readings are very low ( 30.000- 60,000 psi) whereas using a carbon rod will give a predictable 300,000 psi. |
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"Marske Flying Wings" wrote in message .. .
Spars constructed with carbon rovings are unpredictable and tests have shown that compression and tension readings are very low ( 30.000- 60,000 psi) whereas using a carbon rod will give a predictable 300,000 psi. Jim Marske shows carbon rovings to have 120,000 psi tensile strength in his website. Not the numbers you show. ?? Mat, please cite for me the instances where the carbon roving spar caps have failed. Either during proof loading or in flight. Windrose or Carbon Dragon. I will not question that the pultruded carbon rods are an excellent building material. Had the stuff been available when Culver and Maupin were designing they may even have used them instead. But you can't say that the carbon rovings are dangerous (you say/imply this in your website and imply it in your postings). |
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"Doug Hoffman" wrote in message m... "Marske Flying Wings" wrote in message .. . Spars constructed with carbon rovings are unpredictable and tests have shown that compression and tension readings are very low ( 30.000- 60,000 psi) whereas using a carbon rod will give a predictable 300,000 psi. Jim Marske shows carbon rovings to have 120,000 psi tensile strength in his website. Not the numbers you show. ?? Mat, please cite for me the instances where the carbon roving spar caps have failed. Either during proof loading or in flight. Windrose or Carbon Dragon. I will not question that the pultruded carbon rods are an excellent building material. Had the stuff been available when Culver and Maupin were designing they may even have used them instead. But you can't say that the carbon rovings are dangerous (you say/imply this in your website and imply it in your postings). Boys Boys Boys...... Everybody knows that the compressive value for carbon fiber is about zilch. The compressive values given are really a measure of the interlaminar shear values of the matrix they are suspended in. Mat has chosen to further confuse the issue by pointing out that earlier construction methods using different lower modulus matrixes and dry unimpregnated rovings with lower fiber content develop lower mechanical properties.............................. No ****, I would have never figured that out on my own......... I am growing tired of this. If wood and f/glass are unsuitable for gliders, stop test flying unsafe Pioneers and Monarchs and quit selling plans...... But that would be the wrong thing to do because wood and f/glass are safe when properly built and maintained. The same must be said for carbon and kevlar. Dry rovings are suitable for use in spars as long as you use enough of it. It may be LESS EFFICIENT than pultruded rods, but it is not inherently unsafe. You also completely gloss over the fact that compressive spar failures are damn near universally collum buckling as opposed to classic compressive failures. Mat, you should really email your stuff to yourself and read it before you send it to the world. We've talked on the phone, your a smart guy and it is fairly obvious to me that you are having difficulty conveying your thoughts with the written word. Doug.............. Did ya hear the one about wrestling with a pig????? Scott. |
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