Hi guys,
as you know, I have long admired Mark Digby's J 39C Gripen:
Mark has now finished his plan, and it was certainly worth the wait, for example:
And this is just the frontspiece! John writes:
"I too was impressed with his drawings, you may be surprised to know that the cover sheet is created from a rendering of a 3d model he spent many hours putting together. If you could see a view from the underside you would see it includes a fully rendered rapier motor where you can clearly read the L2 legend around the nose!
As a taster here is a lower-res copy of the wing templates:
and a close up of the fuselage side:
You can see how well Mark has thought things through - note the 3 degrees of positive incidence on the forward canard. The graphics are, I think you will agree, stunning.
The plan pack comes with extensive building instructions, for example:
If you would like copies of Mark's templates, just pop him an email at:
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John says they " look forward to forward to seeing how your prototype version progresses".
but I don't think this will be until next year when I hope there will be quite a few Gripens (and Lansens, Drakens and Viggens making smoke trails in the air!