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Wing - One Piece: The wing is made in one piece with a 1.5 meter / ~ 59" projected span. Skins are 1.7 oz. Kevlar, over solid cores, and with Kevlar doublers. Hard points are embedded into the wing centerline. Wiring channels are prepared, reaching from the auto-connector point to the flaperon servo locations. Tip reinforcements are embedded on in the wing. The throwing tip has larger Kevlar doublers and internal carbon patches to support the throwing blade or peg. The tip reinforcements are two layers each top and bottom, installed into the lay-up and reaching aft of the spar. The wing comes with leading edges smoothed and glazed, trailing edges trimmed, and hinges cut and ready for control installation. You cut servo bays as appropriate for your chosen servo, inboard under the amply reinforced center area. Four servo wings have three conductor ribbon cable embedded under the skin, and additional reinforcements allowing either conventional or RDS installation to the outer servo pair.

Version III wings are considerably stiffer and stronger compared to previous versions, especially in consideration of very hard throwers. Wing flex is greatly reduced.

Pod and Boom: The new pod and boom are enormously strong. The design makes everything very easy to install. Pod parts are mold-formed into the whole body and nose cone, for ultimate strength in construction. A rear hatch eases access to the inside for installation. The nose cone incorporates and extension to cover (and reveal) the aft access hatch. A permanent fairing solidly contains two stainless steel pylons for mounting. An optional ballast system provides tool-free, field-swappable, balance adjustable changes to the all-up-weight of the glider.

Tails: White Spyderfoam and 1 oz. Kevlar composite stab and rudder, hinged and ready for installation. The rudder is changed to the symmentrical HT-12 airfoil. Planform is slightly taller on top than bottom, but now has matching area top and bottom to minimize torquing forces during launch.

Additional Components: Throwing blade, .014 stainless elevator pushrod with Teflon housing, .018 stainless steel rudder pushrod with Teflon housing. Flaperon control horns (standard, not with the RDS option). Tail control horns. Mounting screws. Other misc. parts.

Assembly

Structural completion is simple: Mount the wing onto the ready pylons, mount the full-flying stab mount (V-mount) and rudder, and mount the stab. All other airframe steps are completed. Then install your gear and the provided control hardware.

The kit comes with a useful assembly jig to easily align the wing and tails during mounting. The pylons have extensions through the boom that fit into holes in the jig, setting the fusepod perpendicular to your building table. Most people can complete the structural assembly in about 2 hours.

There are easy step-by-step instructions for assembly and installation of electronics and controls.

LightHawk Specifications

Photos
(version I shown, v.III is very similar in appearance but with a more forward wing sweep)

Availability / Ordering
RC Builder is now building the LightHawk DLG in all Kevlar. The LightHawk is a Super Gee II clone using commercial materials and methods. If you would like one or more LightHawks, order in our store, specifying options and throwing side. We will make your glider as specified. Payments in U.S. funds. Orders ship in sequence of date received.

Shipping

LightHawk is normally made with a one-piece wing, shipped in a long and strong box. When needed, LightHawk can be made with a ready-for-permanent-join, two-piece wing.

ONE PIECE WING
Shipping to the U.S. and Canada is in a 62" double layer corrugated box. U.S. shipping is by Priority Mail, and Canada is by International priority Mail. Shipping with box is $46.98. For US addresses, Express Mail is available for $49.00.

We ship to most countries at reasonable cost. Customers may combine their orders--up to three gliders per box. To meet mailing requirements and protect the glider, our International box for one piece wings is 60" and is reinforced with wood. Total shipping including the special box with internal wood crating is $85-137.

Note: The 60" and 62" boxes can be reused. We've lined our own 62"box on all sides with plywood. Reinforced this way, it becomes a good airline and general transportation box.

TWO PIECE WING
LightHawk with a two-piece wing can be shipped to almost any country in the world in our 42" box.

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