The only radio control input during launch is left/right as needed to keep the glider from veering off to the side.Īs your plane passes over the anchor point, the tow line slips off of the tow hook and the plane is free to fly on it's own. This all happens without pulling back on the stick. You then throw your glider into the air and the high-start rapidly hurls it sky ward at steep angle at a steep angle. To launch launch your glider using a bungee requires the pilot to start walking backwards stretching out the tubing until there is enough tension for launch. This is to allow fine tuning so that a steep enough launch angle is achieved. The tow hook usually is adjustable and can be moved forward or ahead within a slot and tightened down. The tow hook is located just behind the center of gravity of the glider. A tow line is connected to the free end of the tubing.Īt the other end of the tow line is a ring that goes over the tow hook mounted on bottom of your glider. Basically you are using a very big elastic band and some string to catapult your plane into the air!ĥ0 to 100 feet of rubber tubing is anchored to the ground at one end. Questions, suggestions and comments are welcome!.
Successfully flying and landing an RC plane is beyond the scope of this instructable, so in the video I thought I would add some more excitement and show what you don't want to CRASH into! Plus, there's a little how-to on getting your plane out of a tree -) I hope you enjoyed this instructable. The video above gives you an idea of how this works, launch and release of tow line, including shots from the camera I installed on-board giving us a bird's eye view! But please read all of the instructions before proceeding. This will also work if you have a gas or electric model plane and wish to conserve fuel at takeoff. I use this to launch my six foot wing-span model glider hundreds of feet in the air. And it's very inexpensive too: less than 30 bucks for a small set up.
This is a how-to on building a Bungee or Highstart Launcher for model gliders: no gas or electric motors are used just a re-usable length of rubber tubing and some fishing line.
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