Old hobbies and C.G.s

Elmas

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This is myself about thirty years ago, with my Free Flight gliders (no radio or control whatsoever, as the name implies: they had to fly by themselves..) ...
They were absolutely identical, but were trimmed in a quite different way: the yellow one had a C.G. at 75% of the chord (yes, different than a real plane..), and was used in calm conditions, while the blue one had a C.G. at 50% and was used in the (often...) windy conditions of Sardinia.
They were designed by myself and built from scratch. Good times, those times...

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Bah! Not a pound for air to ground! (ignore him, that's a neat flyer!)
 

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