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Moki - high performance powered glider

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 A pod and boom performance glider. The wing changes camber, through flaperons, depending on the flight mode... three modes : normal, thermal or speed.. Dimensions (ignore the cg like sign near the tail.. it is the origin in the 3D software) Wing area : 21.05 sq dm. CG at 10%SM - 65mm from LE at root cord The wing is a re-purposed skysurfer wing which I got from a friend, and was in a pretty bad shape. The two halves were joined. Two 3x1 mm CF strip was cynoed to the top and bottom at 30% cord. The tips were clipped by 50mm, couple of holes, dents and scars filled & finished and a thin fishing line was cynoed to the LE.  The whole wing was given three coats of water based PU mixed with talc as filler, sanded between coats and finished with two coats of paint. ... It has flaperons, so the original aileron had to be cut out and enlarged. The Flaperons are 6mm balsa which has been shaped and sanded to the airfoil The fuselage is pod and boom.. The pod is made of 3mm balsa, wi...