A012 - Thermic "18" Glider by Jetco

The A012 is an easy to build 12.5" hand toss glider. The A012 is adapted by Tom Martin from the early Frank Zaic/Jetco plan for his Thermic "18" (the Thermic "18" has 12.5" wingspan). Frank Zaic designs are classic and Tom Martin has carefully created the CAD files necessary to convert the plans into laser cut kits ready for you to build. This kit costs USD$9.99 plus shipping and handling. Click the button directly below to order.

PRICE: $9.99

SHIPPING: $2.99 USPS - USA

SPECIFICATIONS
Span: 12.5"
Length: n/a
Aspect: n/a
Area: n/a
All up weight: n/a
Wing loading: n/a
Airfoil: n/a
Scale: n/a
Servos Req'd n/a
   
FUNCTIONS: Free flight -

SKILL LEVELS:

Build - Beginner

Flying - Beginner

PARTIAL KIT CONTENTS: Kit comes complete with all parts and plans.

OPTIONAL HARDWARE PACK: n/a

NEEDED TO COMPLETE MODEL: Building the A012 is a fairly basic project that can be achieved by the first time modeler. This is a great kit to introduce young boys to the hobby.You will find that constructing the kit is fast and easy while providing a few challenges for the young ones to conquer. You can build the A012 at the kitchen table and it will take you about an hour from start to finish to complete the kit. First a few tools must be gathered up in order to start construction.

- Glue, most any type of wood glue will work.
- Sharp modeling knife such as an Xacto knife.
- Ruler that can measure down to 1/16”.
- Medium to fine sandpaper, about 220 grit.
- Wax paper or Saran
- Building surface - anything flat and that can be cut on, magazine, cork board, etc...

As with any other project that involves tools or glues, take care to observe any safety precautions included with the tools or glue. This kit is fine for boys 5 years and older as long as there is adult supervision at all times.

BUILDING THE A012

  <form target="paypal"
   

Comments

[Joe Foster]

I recently ordered the 3-pack to play with because I enjoy building. After completing the Thermic 18 i took it to our club meeting last night and won the Model of the Month award. The second place was an electric pattern plane costing more than $1000. Everyone wanted to know where I got the kit. Cool!

[Greg Stone]

The pictures are helpful, but one thing they don't deal with here is sanding wings and stabilizer. Do you just round off sharp edges? Or is there an advantage in trying to sand in some sort of crude airfoil? That is, round off the leading edge, sand the trailing edge to a gradual knife edge and leave the bottom of the wing alone?

And what about the horizontal stabilizer? It seems to me if you sand the trailing edges thin you get some pretense of an airfoil, but also an edge that's easier to warp?

But consider all of this a question - not a solution. I'd like to know what folks do to get the best performance out of these little gliders. I played with them as akid, but didn't get very far. Now I have more patience, but no more knowledge or skill ;-)

[Holly]

Greeting. Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. Help me! It has to find sites on the: Personal retirement planning. I found only this - early retirement planning insights. Currently you have javascript disabled. Find wonderful senior retirement housing in leisure world. Best regards :-(, Holly from Timor.