miraclesailor
02-10-2003, 03:11 PM
Here is what I am working on. I took some inspiration from Dave R.’s Pattern Babe. Here are the things that I was thinking of when I started. I wanted to:
Have a 3D plane that would be about 6 oz.
Use the regular “off the shelf” equipment.
Use the DX-D Motor.
Have some amount of crash worthiness.
I was going to closely pattern it on Dave’s Pattern Babe then I came up with some other ideas that I have been wanting to try for a while.
Folding wings – I have made them before and wanted to try a new technique. Then I had to ask myself why. Okay…how about to be able to put the whole thing in a Radio Case so it can bang around in the car between flying? That was good enough for me. To put it in the case it had to be 17 inches or less. The wings are 24” wingspan and will fold down to 12 inches.
I made a tab that extends up from the wing. The purpose of this is to insert into a slot on the profile fuselage. The battery pack, ESC, receiver and two servos will be in the wing. The motor and one servo, for a rudder, will be on the fuselage. There will be no horizontal stabilizer. It will be controlled with elevons and rudder. This is as near as I can tell a Scimitar from some very informed friends on this site. Thank you all!
Here it is in the process of being built. I hope it flys.
Later,
Dan
Have a 3D plane that would be about 6 oz.
Use the regular “off the shelf” equipment.
Use the DX-D Motor.
Have some amount of crash worthiness.
I was going to closely pattern it on Dave’s Pattern Babe then I came up with some other ideas that I have been wanting to try for a while.
Folding wings – I have made them before and wanted to try a new technique. Then I had to ask myself why. Okay…how about to be able to put the whole thing in a Radio Case so it can bang around in the car between flying? That was good enough for me. To put it in the case it had to be 17 inches or less. The wings are 24” wingspan and will fold down to 12 inches.
I made a tab that extends up from the wing. The purpose of this is to insert into a slot on the profile fuselage. The battery pack, ESC, receiver and two servos will be in the wing. The motor and one servo, for a rudder, will be on the fuselage. There will be no horizontal stabilizer. It will be controlled with elevons and rudder. This is as near as I can tell a Scimitar from some very informed friends on this site. Thank you all!
Here it is in the process of being built. I hope it flys.
Later,
Dan