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The Marks Models Windward was my first "real" radio
controlled glider (sailplane). It had a 72" wingspan. My old OS
3-channel radio went into it at first, and then was replaced by a Cirrus
4-channel rig. If I recall correctly, the Windward lived two lives - one
before the big crash, and the other after (which also eventually
succumbed to a big crash). The covering for the first incarnations was
silkspan and dope, and then Solarfilm was used on the second. Solarfilm
is not sold any more, and as I recall was nowhere near as strong and
stiff as Monokote. However, as with most aspects of my aeromodeling back
then, the choice for covering materials was based almost entirely on
available cash.
Here are a couple photos that I pulled off the Web.
 
Marks Models Windward glider kit
Marks Models Windward glider (not mine)
SkyBench
actually makes a laser-cut kit, with the full blessing of Mark Smith.
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