twistedsteelpony
Junior Member
I have been building and designing for some small amount of time and I find myself quite fond of single boom pushers. I'm not sure why i like them protection for the prop and simple nose to repair on impact probably weigh in.
the problem I've found is that the combination of t tail and tail boom was a bit... flexible.. the prop wash from my 9-5 on the e flite 480 made my stabilizers seem a bit under stable. My current tail boom is a arrowshaft from Wal-Mart ,poltruded carbon, I think
and while it never bent.. it twisted. It looked as if my tail boom had rotated in the fuselage. Then it returned to normal when I stopped accelerating
this fact and a bit to windy day led to this particular parambulator being up for repairs or a complete rebuild.
I am looking for options for a new tail boom.
I love my t tail... is it a bad choice for this configuration?
I fear the weight of building a foam Box tail boom
what do y'all use?
Is the tail too long? Is it too short?
wingspan is 74"btw
the problem I've found is that the combination of t tail and tail boom was a bit... flexible.. the prop wash from my 9-5 on the e flite 480 made my stabilizers seem a bit under stable. My current tail boom is a arrowshaft from Wal-Mart ,poltruded carbon, I think
and while it never bent.. it twisted. It looked as if my tail boom had rotated in the fuselage. Then it returned to normal when I stopped accelerating
this fact and a bit to windy day led to this particular parambulator being up for repairs or a complete rebuild.
I am looking for options for a new tail boom.
I love my t tail... is it a bad choice for this configuration?
I fear the weight of building a foam Box tail boom
what do y'all use?
Is the tail too long? Is it too short?
wingspan is 74"btw