General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

I only ever attempted such once, and it was after Mr Banks had showed me one of his constructions.

It was kit-built: a balsa and tissue-skinned Focke-Wulf.
(If building today, I would skin with one of the synthetic materials, (plastic). They are not lighter than the raw tissue, but are lighter than doped tissue. I used to buy the stuff to use as an etchant resist for manufacturing printed circuit boards. (Cannot summons to mind the proprietary names used by the manufacturers)

Anway, back to the Focke-Wulf. Having completed assembly (doped with Banana Oil) instructions said to launch it in a shallow downward glide, so that centre of gravity could be trimmed if it showed any tendency to pitch or droop.

I did as bid, and it glided problem-free, but when about a foot above ground---

I don't know if a breeze caught it, or what is known as 'ground effect', but it was off again, finally coming to rest by colliding with a distant post.

It was totally wrecked!

Never returned to making them.