Giles Super Stunter???

[Paul Taylor]

Anyone know anything about this plane?

Thanks
Paul

[Elwyn Aud]

The one from Phil Cartier?

[Bill Gruby]

Paul;

   You will find it here with info including price:

             http://home.earthlink.net/~philcartier/index.html

  "Billy G"   

[Paul Taylor]

Thanks guys, just wanted to know if anyone has any input on how they are to build and fly.
And maybe how well they hold up to hard unplanned landings.

[catdaddy]

Thanks guys, just wanted to know if anyone has any input on how they are to build and fly.
And maybe how well they hold up to hard unplanned landings.

Email Phil he is a super nice guy and can tell you everything you need to know about it.

[Ralph Wenzel (d)]

Thanks guys, just wanted to know if anyone has any input on how they are to build and fly.
And maybe how well they hold up to hard unplanned landings.

Phil designed the Giles (740 squares!) to be competitive in P-40 Stunt, without flaps. Therefore very light weight is mandatory, and power from an OS .40FP is about right. As with any CLPA craft designed to perform well, crash survivability is practically an afterthought. It's strong enough to survive normal flight loads, maybe a rough landing; but a crash? - No  way!

Don't remember who said it, but, " . . .  in a genuine crash, the perfectly designed and built plane will break every single piece; this indicates that it wasn't "overbuilt". I think the Giles is somewhat stronger than that, but it's designed for flying, not crashing. Hm-m-m - - Need to get to work on mine, now!

[Bob Zambelli]

I recently flew Phil's own Giles and I was really impressed with its smooth flying and turning ability.

Powered by a STOCK LA .40, it was one of the most user friendly planes I've ever flown.

No surprises, no glitches - point it where you want it to go and it just goes.

Bob Z.

[Elwyn Aud]

"Don't remember who said it, but, " . . .  in a genuine crash, the perfectly designed and built plane will break every single piece; this indicates that it wasn't "overbuilt". I think the Giles is somewhat stronger than that, but it's designed for flying, not crashing. Hm-m-m - - Need to get to work on mine, now!"

If you're going slow enough, maybe you run out of gas in the cloverleaf, it just breaks into several good sized chunks.

[phil c]

Bob and Elwyn pretty well cover it.  It flies quite nicely at 45 oz. with an LA 40.  When you crash it more or less straight in, one or both wings come off and the fuse cracks one side just behind the wing.  Usually repairs aren't much more than glue a few pieces back together.  Most other planes this size splatter the fuse back the the trailing edge and destroy the center of the wing.