Bird of Time Glider.

[@AlexDiesTrying]

Not sure whether I've ever seen a more beautiful glider than this one. Wings and tail are exceptional. I'd love to build one but my last glider was 37 years ago.

[@northwind9505]

Always a great flight with that aircraft. So glad you build these models from the ground up and make your own changes. With foam airplanes this skill is going away. Thanks for bringing it back out and the history.

[@garryperrin2408]

Just beautiful. Part plane part flyer part camera! What a place to fly .

[@hpevans9041]

Hi John, really liked the intro giving a bit of background info. Excellent video as usual, very professional.

[@PiefacePete46]

Add my name to that list... the background insight is a nice extra touch to a video I am always going to watch asap. Many thanks.

[@jimelliott33]

Not only is this a classic, beautiful lovely flying glider this spot over looks one of myself and my other half’s favourite spots in Perranporth, perfection John, simply perfect, Jim

[@SlopeRCGliders]

Thanks Jim.

[@jimelliott33]

You did a great job with the plans, modifying plans to suit your flying needs is something that is an art, I have the dynaflite bird of time and got it as a arf in my early flying days and added the motor myself as at that time the EP version wasn't available, but can imagine the all up weight is considerably higher than your balsa fuse creation, the model in any case even in EP just floats and floats, hit a thermal and you can't get it down, Stay safe.

[@sapropbuster1]

You sure are very lucky to have such a beautiful flying site and a very beautiful Bird of Time!!!

[@helomike7000]

I think it's one of the best looking gliders around and to have first been designed in '79 is amazing. Also really appreciate the background and wind conditions, definitely adds to the video. Thanks for sharing.

[@CliffHarveyRCPlanes]

A nice gentle start to the day, thanks John 🙂

[@teretz571]

Luverly, well done john a great old classic

[@timgood4003]

Excellent build and I like that color scheme!

[@nsbob70]

That looks about the ultimate place and day for some of that soaring for sure. Beautiful.

[@maxrobertson5061]

I just LOVE these videos. They're so inspiring on a number of levels - building, flying, video-photography and editing. I especially appreciate, as a long-time modeller, the simplicity of the 2-channel control system - using nature to induce roll and making lovely turns. I'll be ordering an Elan from Cambrian once they're back in stock - in the meantime I'm using Lockdown to get all my other modelling tasks finished so there will be no excuses for getting on with THAT build.

[@SlopeRCGliders]

Thank you! You will like the Elan and good luck with the build.

[@scottw550]

Nice choice of colors!

[@enriquekramer4590]

Breathtaking beauty!!! What a magnificent airplane and how nicely flown... Thanks also for the intro!

[@DonDegidio]

Hi John, Nice intro. Elegant design and flight. Katherine, as usual, was wonderful with the camera.

[@ricchatrc]

Some people read a book to relax - I could watch this over and over again. Amazingly effortless and majestic in flight. Loved it.

[@chrisginn5073]

Great glider and flying. Can't beat slope soaring. Thanks for the video

[@richarddarlington1139]

Love the way she holds in the turns. Also, she accellerates well when you put the nose down. I'm still working on mine. There's a lot of sanding on a 3-meter wing, not to mention all the carving and whittling on the fuselage, trying to turn a box into the shape of a baseball bat...essentially.

[@timgarrett203]

I flew and competed with a 2 meter Bird of Time in the early ‘80’s. Beautiful design! Yours is quite nice!

[@shrevewaxter4876]

Great video to start the day. Another kit in my attic waiting for assembly. Along with the kit, the seller included a hand typed letter from Dave Thornburg indicating he was no longer cutting the BoT kits himself. Quite a character! Anyway, thanks for motivation. 👍

[@sideshowbob5237]

Despite sloping isn't my particular cup of tea I watch all these videos right through. The models and flying are perfection - plus you married the right cinematographer. Laminated balsa is something I use myself - there's a lot of mileage in it. Keep posting and we'll keep enjoying. The intros are significant added value.

[@royalanania3306]

Flies like the Amazon Zamuro,relaxing his wings in circles,taking advantage of the thermal currents. Muy bien hecho John.

[@doc-nobody-glider]

Really beautifull master piece! Wonderful to watch and to see the elegance of that model

[@vitalikscheschukov5894]

Очень красивый планер вы молодец виртуозно управляете. Я мечтаю о таком палете

[@anthonylong601]

Very nice. You can see why its a classic.

[@rong1924]

I’ve always loved the look of that plane. Thanks.

[@jeffchambers449]

Majestic in the air. Pretty on the ground also.

[@PiefacePete46]

I don't know if the designer had a specific aim when he came up with that wing-plan, but it is very pretty in the air.

[@fredthijssen7528]

Beautifull model, well build. flies great as we can see.

[@flatiron53]

Such a graceful bird.

[@paulayala4816]

A great flying glider. I have never built one but I may have to now, though I am not to keen on some of the newer kits on E-bay, some of the balsa they have used seemed very frangible. It turns nicely and put the nose down and it really takes off, but without losing a lot of lift.

[@Jimbojenkins]

Absolutely gorgeous!

[@Twobarpsi]

For me, calm wind soaring is my love. I have eyed the BOT since the early 80s! I need one now!

[@eccmenezes1]

Congratulations John! Everyone you build is very nice and beautiful! This one is special but my favorite is still the leprechaun

[@RcAircraft]

Thats a nice gentle lady John. Oops wrong model. Gentle flyer ;-)

[@Twobarpsi]

I had a GL !!

[@Stubby0266]

Beautiful aircraft ! I just picked up the ARF version motorized version. With Spring coming up, hard for me to get the time to put anything together RC wise. I will get there.

[@johnvandusen567]

I've always loved the look of the BOT. I've only built 4 R/C Sailplanes. Wander, Wanderer 99. Drifter II, House of Balsa T-tail.

[@barrybudd]

I built a Wanderer 99 back in the early 80's. The most fun with virtually zero wind off the slope I ever had. Converted it to electric power assist for thermal work. Excellent model.

[@Twobarpsi]

Do you mean Two Tee?

[@sasquatchjunk]

This is one of my most favorite wings, it is just beautiful. I have the fiberglass fuse version and it is one heavy son of a gun, but it thermals very well!

[@SlopeRCGliders]

Yes, I think the fibreglass version is almost double the weight of mine!

[@Phil_The_Maker]

www.aeromodelisme.be/node/344250

[@maxlever9196]

I have the ARF and use a high start over very low rolling hills. Longest flight 1 hour 40 minutes on a 110 deg F day. Better therapy than my Rx meds for peace and tranquility. Rebuilding HoB 2x4 for the spring winds, and running out of time.

[@pricelessppp]

Pretty chill video & nice soaring!

[@barrybudd]

Beautiful model. Never built one at the time. Wish I had now.

[@bradgray8064]

Gorgeous. You know there is light conditions when the birds fly past at sea level flapping their wings.

[@Flight72]

Hi John great plane! I am building my own also from the plans! Balsa the way to go but no motor!!

[@SlopeRCGliders]

Fantastic stuff. Good luck with the maiden

[@danfitzgerald5515]

My favorite glider of all time. I've built and flown both sizes. Floaty yet fast on step. I've got to get another someday.

[@soarrich]

John Have you flown it in just thermal yet? "In the day" they used to say it had to be flown fast enough to get on step. I flew my friends and found it didn't like to fly really slow like most of the USA thermal ships of the time, it really fell out of the sky, but if you speed it up a little the L/D went way up. I think it was some sort of laminar separation bubble problem. It was said the wing used an E-193 airfoil, but it wasn't, it was Dave's own airfoil. I put spoilers in my friend's Bird, three bays out near the poly break was plenty. Dave wrote for a Mag back then, (MAN?), two articles are must reads if you can find them, "Sharks fly better" and "River in the air". The first is about building smooth filleted planes, the second was on thermal flying.

[@SlopeRCGliders]

Before I moved next to a slope, I did do a bit of flat field flying. I was never any good at finding thermals but it’s an amazing feeling when you do! My best flight was 12 minutes using a DLG but it felt a lot longer.

[@awuma]

Interesting that you built it very light... it was originally fairly light, but designed for F3B with winch launching and quite high speeds, before the advent of composites and zoom launches. Although composites had appeared in 1979, it was in 1981 that the Canadians appeared at the World Championships in California with.... 36 volt winches and kevlar speedsters capable of 150 lb or more launching stress, which so terrified everybody that the rulebook was re-written, winches limited to 12 volts and a whole new class (F3J) invented to supposedly restore sanity (ha! ha!). The Sagitta came in 1981, but the day of woodies in FAI F3 was done. The BoT represents the high point of woody design, art least aesthetically if not quite in performance... it's allowed in Nostalgia Class, the Sagitta is not.

[@richarddarlington1139]

These modern, composite gliders have no soul. I have zero interest in them. The great thing about the wooden ships is they make great sport flyers, as well as competitive machines in RES and the like. I'm putting the finishing touches on my Bird of Time right now. I just need to paint some trim colors, double-check the balance and the throws, and we're good to go, just in time for spring. Hi-start only. AUW, 3lbs, 5oz. including 8oz. of lead in the nose. Spoilers added 'cuz, you know. P.S. My kingdom for an original Airtronics kit of a Sagitta 600, or 900. Green air!

[@CheshireTomcat68]

Very inspiring for the near future.

[@doversailplanes]

Absolutely wonderful! Nothing beats a Bird of Time with breakfast. Can’t wait to get my Spectra up in the air! Have you ever had to make a trek down those cliffs before?

[@SlopeRCGliders]

Not yet....

[@maxrobertson5061]

@@SlopeRCGliders Here come the Old Doom Monger . . . it's only a matter of time. Och Aye The Noo.

[@natureiser9289]

That is a beautiful glider, amazing. I really must build one. Interestingly at 1:53 exactly you can see the fuselage/tailplane is twisting quite a lot as you turn.

[@thomasfischer1017]

Magic....Glider👍😉🌠

[@MartyLJ57]

Winds off of any of the Great Lakes can get very strong. Hard to find a Bay that would block some of it.

[@edsondamasceno6151]

Olá John, magnifico voo parabéns.

[@Jon.Carlsen]

Beautiful Bird. No catch for the landing at the end? That's your signature!

[@marklayton-smith5844]

Fantastic......

[@zacapelt1234]

got to love the bird of time.

[@Aearlyg]

Majestic.

[@davidbaker8483]

Are you thinking of doing any building or covering videos John. You must build very efficiently!

[@joev5306]

It would be a great benefit for all of us to see your methods and techniques for glider covering. Please include the covering brands you like using. In another video, it would also be fantastic to see your build techniques. I love to build gliders from balsa during our cold winters in Canada. We have a lot to learn from you John.

[@dooleyfussle8634]

Oh, what a purdy thang! She seems extraordinarily precise for such a big-boned gal!

[@TheHarryMann]

John.. Can you give us a bit if a run-down on where you fly these.. I’m thinking North East coast but onl6 guessing.

[@SlopeRCGliders]

I’m in Perranporth, Cornwall. I’m very lucky that the slope is just a short walk from my house.

[@TheHarryMann]

@@SlopeRCGliders thanks. Wonderful know Cornwall and Perranporth and Perran Sands and those hundreds of steps well 👍

[@modelmanfrank]

I am finishing up my first one. Yes I plane on building another one.

[@deweygravesjr.122]

Thanks John!

[@leifvejby8023]

Just my kind of flying!

[@markorocznik3838]

I'm jealousy for your flight area!

[@themadscientest]

I'd swear that it was lighter than air. Amazing flight from that, wonder how long you could fly if it was built as a motor glider.

[@Johnny-tt8zc]

I have a few gliders. But oddly this is by far my favorite of all time and I don’t have one. Someday I will have one though.

[@SlopeRCGliders]

It’s not one I’ve really got on with. I know a lot of people like the way it looks but it’s not one of my favourites.

[@MikeNugget]

Cool, it much better to watch preview of a model before flight footage. I can help you to make a website for your models if you want to!

[@rcplanesjohnreap2777]

gorgeous ...

[@matthewlloyd]

Hi John - I love this film! Technical question - where do you have the CofG on your BoT? I have mine at the designer's suggested 100mm from the LE, and it doesn't quite fly right yet. I built the Dynaflight kit (not ARTF).

[@SlopeRCGliders]

Hi there, unfortunately I sold this model a while ago and don’t remember the exact CG. I think I had it where the plans show.

[@kenwiberg6517]

There's no substitute for "wing loading" and altitude ..... :-)

[@hangkaj]

nice video..3 meters and less than 1 kg. Now thats something

[@stephaniekent8483]

yay Bird of Time woohoo :)

[@meowskisenpai4427]

Love your videos, I'm making a 3d slider model right now. And if I send you should you make it and test flight?

[@SlopeRCGliders]

Of course. I should be able to print out any plans.

[@meowskisenpai4427]

@@SlopeRCGliders Nice, man, I'm so hyped. You are the first youtuber who answered me,lol. Im On my last steps on the model. Where should I send through?

[@redlightspellsdanger7177]

John; can a beginner build this glider? Can you recommend a stockist? I live in Manchester...

[@SlopeRCGliders]

It’s not a classic first build but certainly not impossible. Unfortunately kits are quite hard to come by. I built mine from free plans downloaded off the Outerzone website.

[@redlightspellsdanger7177]

John Woodfield RC Gliders thanks for your reply: I bought a Multiplex Easyglider ten years ago and it’s still sat in my attic! Going to attempt to build it soon... I also have s Staufenbiel Fox Pro but again I’m daunted by the build even though it’s ARTF. Did contact a local model club but may have to wait until next year for advice

[@redlightspellsdanger7177]

John Woodfield RC Gliders have you considered selling your gliders? Or is that too much trouble as the demand will be high?

[@SlopeRCGliders]

RedLightSpellsDanger I do sell them from time to time, so I can make room for new builds.

[@redlightspellsdanger7177]

John Woodfield RC Gliders please do share prices 👍

[@guamflyer1]

built one wing..lol..plane mostly in box..will not sell...will finish and fly..lol

[@AKlion_ru]

Where can I find the blueprints for these gliders?

[@SlopeRCGliders]

I normally find my plans on the Outerzone website. They are free to download

[@MrTrapper28]

Serious question, how many of your models have ended up in the sea? Hopefully the answer in none. Just curious.

[@SlopeRCGliders]

None yet......

[@Holliethedog]

Where are you based? I want to buy one of your planes!

[@SlopeRCGliders]

I’m in Cornwall

[@mrpaijoeijoe]

Hallo john i won detil planing oke....? Good i from indonesia

[@stevenjames8260]

I’ve designed 2 new gliders. The Eagle of justice and the Kestrel of sorrow.

[@pasopatifx950]

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