Garry Morgan

We now have the plans available for the two seat Cheetah, non tapped wing. to make it easier for the builder.

The glider is almost ready for paint, and the panel is painted and ready for wiring, again working on it is slow with other work needing to get out. Design progress on the 13.5m class glider, after listing to other people comments, will be 15-18m. and looking at a 2 seater 20-23m two seat high performance self launch, it has to be a carbon spar to get the 620,000 lb load, but to my surprise $1500.00 for the carbon fibre and the metal spar for the touring glider cost $3500.00 double the cost. more and more gliders are being built with motors and this is the way we need to go. no plans for gliders have relay been available science fibre glass come of age in the 60s, as production gliders are made out of moulds. I aim to made available plans for glass gliders with out moulds, but still will have a sandwich skin to get the stiffness required.now it is a toss up of a 18m single or a 20m+ two seater which you can build for 20k and 40-1 + L/D every one i tell about it says i cant do it but as a material cost and a lot of time you can do it, and it could change the out look on gliding.

Designing, and listing to comments from people, and I want to put something back into gliding, and make a simple build, but also have a performance of modern gliders. I am now getting to where the design will go. The trouble with long thin wings the bending moments get out of hand, for the normal materials. Our power aircraft are only about 30,000 lb moment, our touring motor glider 18m span has about 100,000lb, a 20m wing like a duo 150mm thick has a moment of 620,000lb. One has no option but to go to carbon fibre which I wanted to stay away from but I cant, carbon is about 75% weaker in compression than tension but still be very strong. Then the cost ,the 2024 spars in my 18m touring motor glider are $3500.00 from the USA, but carbon for a 20m wing only cost $1500.00 which was a big surprise .A two seater 20-22 m self launch 40-50-1 glide, and a 4 peice wing so to trailer or hangar is made easier. No moulds for the wing, but it can be made as good as a moulded wing. and $20,000 complete. Comments made it wont be any good because it doesn't cost enough . I had a fly in the Duo this week, and liked it over the DG 1001 for the seating set out, also flew our new Alpin DM8 yesterday for the first time, it was ok but I can make a much better glider, changes in the latest gliders in control set up, make them a lot nicer to fly. Control systems in gliders are very complicated, ours will only have one tube and one push rod. There is no plan avaible in the world for a modern homebuilt, or high performance self launch. and nothering at such a low cost.

WOW that is a realy great paint job this has to be one of the best i have seen The aircraft is a real credit to you .

The prop has to fold or get it out of the air or the drag on a small light glider , or like most other converted power to motor gliders dont work, unless you have a motor falke or my touring glider I am building, which is bigger and 2 seat, weight behind it to make it perpetrate . But still pay a big time in performance. Apart from the V twins I was looking at , there is a cheap electric motor ( Turnegy) fom hobby king 150cc eql. or even a reduction 2-1 on it could do well, but would be limited if you want to cruise to the lift. This would make a very light glider but would have a about 22kg per sq m double that of a hang glider. We may have to go back to towing down the strip for handling training to teach basic to early pilots ,it would be cheap and no CASA .I have two motor gliders a SF 27m and a two seat Alpin dm8 self launch, but I cant fly then due to red tape. And I can only see more aircraft grounded in time.

That is correct David, but when you see all the other motor gliders for sale with RAA rego they have so many power hrs and ... gliding hrs. I was at my new club in the Hunter Valley last week and a guy made a worrying statement, he was talking to a friend over seas and said gliding in Australia had 10-15 years left and it will be finished. Hell I through ,but he may be right , when you look at the age most members (65) and at 80 years old they will be leaving the sport.I am reading a book of Allen Ash on early gliding in Australia, ave. age of 25, the club brought planes and had to build there glider so they could fly. Are we having to take a step back wards to a lower performance, but change to self launch to save cost and time on waiting for a aircraft, which is killing gliding.And red tape is the worst it has ever been in GFA. CASA cant make up its mind with our Alpin dm8 which cat. it will go in and GFA dont have an appointment from CASA to give it a permit to fly. it has been in Aust for 8 years now and other gliders are also on the ground. (it is not only RAA that is having problems with CASA) What are us flyers going to do and where do we go? I think a cheap self launch simple glider, 1 ltr of fuel and fly for the day and just get your head in the clouds

If you are interested ring me, if there is interest I will do it before the single motor glider.

Plans are $450.00 In the near future we will have more simple to built cost effect aircraft and self launch gliders, also as plans only option.

The new plans of the Super Diamond are available. You can also buy as a mostly material kit with a cowl how about 5K. If you build it with a Kolher V twin motor building off plans only, you can get it into the air for $7,100.00 with all new parts and a radio. If you would like it as a two seater, talk to me as it may not be far away.

Yes the Kohler motor, I have heard is better, no need for a reduction as they have a max of 3,600 RPM and the same price and both have an electric start about 80lb in weight.

Every time you hit rocks with you mower it could be called a prop strike. after all it is a motor and all can fail at any time.

The brigs and strattion motor only clams small horse power but it would appear that a 20 hp Briggs but is as good as a 50hp 503 Rotax and it only cost about $1600.00new with an electric start two cylinder 4 stroke and 5.5 ltrs an hr fuel burn, and weight 80lb, theses has been used for many years in the US. a good motor for a single seat aircraft.

There is a new 13.5m class of glider, I have been going over some glider design books, and making a 1/4 size model to do some testing on a new design. It will be a self launch and avaible as plans or parts. As a glider is a lot more involed than a power aircraft it wont be out next week. L/D around 38-1 Another glider as a car topper cheap to build of plans 11.5m and light and of course self launch ( can be RAA rego ) with a brigs and stratton motor, or anything else you want to fit. 100kg pilot load and 280kg MTOW. We recon 1 ltr of fuel and go flying for the day when the lift is on. Plans would include glass or wood construction for the wing.

There is a 2 seat coming to build of a plan, and components, and a range of other aircraft to suit all levels .Also self launch gliders, like the idea of flying for free.

Our new workshop will be a development centre for new aircraft and working on cosmetic's on existing ones. A range of gliders from simple car topper simple home built of planes and of course all the gliders will be self launch. One surprise I have had lately is that if a wing is 1"thicker it is the same drag as the hole fuselage ( 15m)

Normally this time of year is very slow, but we have two aircraft on order and props ,canopys, and repair work has us going full on. The room has been getting a problem for some time, so I am in the process of getting an off site buildings for Devolement work a lot of that will be on motor gliders of all types, from a cheap car topper plan and conponet offer to extended 15m wing to the Cheetah/ Sierra, and touring motor gliders. Also the MK 2 Cougar at this stage.

The way RAA look at it is, if the motor is fixed it is ok ,if it retracts it is not. and will need to go GFA expemterial as my 13.5m will be . The touring motor glider with a fixed motor could go with the RAA. I have been asked about a bigger wing for a Cheetah / Sierra so you could change wings. This is on the drawing board as there is at least one guy going to do it . 15m span and a wing loading 27 solo -33 kg per sq m on a Cheetah. We have been talking about the Super Diamond with a 13m wing ,as it is so strong you can use the same spar at 6G just an easy way to go gliding.

Thanks for you comments so far, The 13.5m design I am working at present is at the model stage we are looking at about 38-1 glide, this will have flaps as it has a 10% wing thickness at the root and the max 12.5 at the tip. We will then test a 18m wing for low sink in winter and not so good days. it will have a pop up motor 28hp Hirth. this can be built with out moulds at home of plans. The touring motor glider with the outer wing pannels of is about 5.8m span and goes into the hangar the same as a power aircraft, and one person can easly rig the wings. also a home built of plans. A car topper was a through as a cheap easy glider, I am to old now for foot launch, I here someone invented a wheel.

You will need to balance the pistons ,flywheel conrods etc. but will most likely do more good with a well balance prop

The two seat touring glider is coming along well, Tim is fitting flaps etc. Wings are fitted, still the wing tips ,the instrument panel is painted ready to fit and wire, just canopy to fit to the frame, we have changed the pivot arms so we can try to fit gas struts.We sold two aircraft this week ( one kit , and a airframe) so I was hoping Tim could finish it in the next two months but this will now be extended.I got a fly this week in a DG 1001 20m self launch that was an experience 48-1 glide had a ride in a DG 505 which was 50-1 a few years ago.

Vinylester resin is the only resin, but don't slosh it, it will come back to bit you , I saw another crash not long ago where the sloshing compound came off and went into the fuel lines. When you have made up the tank, mix some more resin add a little filler to thicken it a little and brush another coat inside the tank to seal any small holes, make a wet coat.

There is a new 13.5m class , this would make an easy to rig by one person, I have designing one for a while, but also to able to made as a home built with a good wing, ( shrinking) of fillers and glues are a problem which we think have over come, with no moulds for the wings. A glider is a much bigger challenge than a power aircraft, but I think we can do a good glider off plans and cheap.

Grant ring me 0418253466 40k can get you 19-7634 motor 20hrs TT as new aircraft with all extras much cheaper than to buy pices.

I am wanting feed back on what type of glider would interested you . 1 a performance glider 13.5 m class self launch,single seat.35-38-1 glide 2 simple car roof rack for transport glider 10-12m self launch. Light 20-25-1 glide 3 Motor touring glider 2 place.26-30-1 4 foot launch glider would be cheap as a plan and parts to build ,or built.

I know of an aircraft that took three months, and they just got it this week ,looks like it is about 2 months wait , the good news is that Wayne has got approval to get another 5 helpers, he and his wife are working very hard and very long hours to try and help us all.