Hello!
I though I would share with you all a little project of mine, where I decided to throw away with those useless things aircraft call "wings".
While trying to designing this aircraft I searched the web for any RC Lifting body's. I found 2. And a whole load of NASA full size Lifting body's. As for guidance, zilch.
I bit my lip and stuck to the thought "if I base it around a airfoil, whats the worst that can happen?" Much to my surprise, something emerged that might just fly.
So skip forward about a week, I have perfected the disgn and printed ribs- all ready for construction. One problem- im broke. Balsa was now out the picture and a cheaper material know as card and paper was in.
The build:
All card ribs assembled and awaiting the stressed skin paper, its surprisingly strong at this stage!
Skin on. Notice I forgot to add the fins.
Flying:
The first throw was to be expected, it didn't fly! Not to be downhearted I added wight and a trim tab.
Many throws later, it was trimmed and flying (just)
I then notice the fins are missing. With these added the flying performance was dramatically improved. Instead of being unstable in roll it flew like a dart.
Conclusion:
All in all a very successful project! I recommend this as a fun and interesting project!
Thanks for taking the time to read, any questions just ask!
Michael
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