Sapphire Ultralight Fuselage-suitable For 1.5m-2.5m Gliders & ESoarers

Pure or electric glider ultra lightweight pod, as used in our Sapphire Ultralight electric glider. Can be supplied with the nosecone intact or removed and a firewall fitted, for use with an inrunner or small outrunner electric motors.

This ultralight pod has a very light carbon/Kevlar layup. This is very slim and the electric version requires a 32mm spinner. We recommend the Hacker B20-18L or Hacker A10-7L motors, both geared 4:1. The width of the access hatch opening is 25 mm, however this can be opened up a little without compromosing strength.

Supplied with a removable carbon canopy. The 18.5mm boom is not included in the base price and should be selected using the Tailboom option. The Blaster V mount fits this boom and can be purchased separately to make a complete Drela type pod-boom-tail mount fuselage.

Suitable for use on Allegro Lite and Bubble Dancer type models. For a 2m size model the boom can be cut down to about 60-70 cm. A 1m boom is the perfect length for a Bubble Dancer, making this a very nice option for that classic design.

If the width of the opening under the canopy is too small for the motor you wish to use it is perfectly okay to open it up by filing or Dremelling away some of the material. This will not appreciably weaken the pod.

Sapphire Ultralight Pod Specification
Glider pod length ex spigot	43.7 cm	17.2 in
Glider pod length inc spigot	49.2 cm	19.4 in
Nose to wing LE	23.4 cm	9.2 in
Wing root chord	18.5 cm	7.3 in
Weight	28 g	1.0 oz
Max wing chord	No limit
Spinner diameter	32 mm
Boom spigot diameter	17.3 mm
Recommended boom wide end OD	18 mm