Welcome to AMA Glider!
    Welcome to AMA Glider!  AMA Glider serves as a general glider website, with numerous useful resources for gliders. We offer our original articles, plans for numerous gliders, a small AMA calendar, containing many events related to gliders, and much more!  This page is updated a lot, and we have no plan of changing that, so check back often for new articles!  Articles labeled with the new icon were added on our last webpage update.  Hosting provided courtesy of Schnable Networks.
    This page was last updated on December 1, 2009 at 7:15PM CDT.
 

Articles

    Introductory Articles
General Introduction to Gliders
FAI Sporting Code
Launching Handles
A Simple Rubber Stripper for Catapult Glider Bands

    General Technical Documents
What It Takes To Make a Good Indoor Glider
The Big Glider Secret!
Basic Sanding Techniques
Balsa Wood Properties
Freeflight Trimming
Catapult Glider Time Prediction Theories
What Happens During Launch!
Carbon Fiber Facts
Basic Glider Physics Washout
TLG Y-Tail Theory

    Indoor Gliders
    Standard Catapult Gliders
Simple Simon (Plans) (Photo)
Time Machine (Plans) (Photos)
Wow! (Plans)
Mr. Transition (Photos)
History Behind Slobodan Midich's Up
    Unlimited Catapult Gliders
Modified Upsweep (Plans) (Photos)
Slow-Cat (Plans) Cat II Record Holder
Unlimited Glider Flight Videos
    Handlaunch Gliders
New FAI-F1N World Record for Indoor HL Gliders (Plans)
Pelicatoo By Jim Buxton (Plans) Cat II Record Holder (Updated 2/17/2007)
Nifkin By Bob Romash (Plans) Cat II Glider
    Indoor Towline Gliders
Introduction to Indoor Towline Gliders
ToFu (Plans) (Picture)  (Updated 2/17/2007)
Derivative Indoor Towline Glider 2008 National Champion by Fred Rash (Article) (Plans)
    Science Olympia Gliders
Balloon Launched Gliders (Article) (Plans)
Ian Adams Olympia Glider
Garrett Gustafson Olympia Glider and Balloon Launching Rack
Science Olympia 2007 Updates
Basic Steps to Make A Science Olympia Balloon Launch Glider
Science Olympia Balloon Launched Glider Trimming

    Outdoor Gliders
De-Thermalizer Article
    Catapult Gliders
Catapult Glider Photos
Straycat Outdoor Glider with Button Timer
    Handlaunch Gliders
Discus Glider Video Clip
October 2007 AMA National Record HL Glider 140  (Article) (Plans)
Round-A-Bout DLG (Article) (Plans) (Pictures)
Plans for the Vartanian
2007 NATS Handlaunch Glider Article
Discus Freeflight Handlaunch Glider Videos
Discus Freeflight Handlaunch Glider Photos  (Updated on 1/19/2008.)
Stan Buddenbohm Products 2009
Stan Buddenbohm's General Catapult Instructions
Stan Buddenbohm's Latest DLG Suggestions and Tips (Updated on 4/14/07.)
    Towline Gliders
Towline Glider Article
 

    Contest Results and\or Photos
John Kagan's Daily Excerpts from NatsNews, Johnson City 2008
Muncie, Indiana 2008 Nations (Results from NatsNews)
Indoor Johnson City 2008 (Results from NatsNews) (Photos)
Muncie, Indiana 2007 Nationals (Results from NatsNews) (Photos)
Muncie, Indiana 2007, 'Beat the Vartanian' Fun Fly Results
Indoor Johnson City 2007 Photos 
Indoor Johnson City Results From NatsNews 2007
Bong Eagles, March 11th Contest (Results) (Photos)
Muncie, Indiana 2006 Nationals Photos
Indoor Freeflight Activities in the Chicago Area 

    Misc.
Links Page

    Upcoming Events
Last updated on May 1st, 2009.
For a full list of freeflight events, here is a link to the Lost Hills Free Flight Model Airfield Association's contest calendar.

* If Applicable
Downloads include entry forms and the like.
Photos are usually pictures of the place of the event.