BanditJacksRC
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Bandit, As you begin to work on the plans. I thought the tail was gonna be to small. I would make it 15-20% larger. Also maybe the ailerons about 2'' longer down the wing. Also i went back and looked and forgot to add these pictures. I was laying in bed last night pondering on this and thought, maybe this big hole in the bottom of the fuse had something to do with it.
I thought maybe air was getting trapped in the big gapping hole of the fuse. Just a thought. Also Bandit this was a thought for next version of the plans, to instead of making the fuse fold on the left,right, and top. It should be left, right, bottom. I am sure in your computer you could add a couple small pieces to fold over and make the top. and use poster board in the remaining gaps.
I don't know if the hole makes a difference or not, but my plan from here is to make a larger tail, cover the hole in the bottom with some poster board.
Just got to work, so now the fun can start!
My plans for now:
As far as the tail size goes.. that is all def. getting enlarged, prob right around 15 to 20% like you suggested%.
For the wing, the overall chord I will make a bit wider (prob 1"-1.5" or so) and will lenghten the ailerons down the wing like you suggested. Also I want to keep the spar, but will shorten the height to the foil will not be nearly as tall.
I like the idea of bringing bringing the nose (and motor) a bit further forward to help with nose weight, and will be adding that in as well.
I also really like what you did with the tail servos and think I will do the same for this build.
As far as folding the top and sides, I was pretty much just replicating the idea from the storch. The fuse for that bird is a 2 peice that gets glued together, but for the front of the fuse the top and sides are folded together, and the aft section is added.
I can def. change that, but not sure how that will affect/fix the poor flight characteristics.
I don't think that hole would be a big issue, maybe adding some drag but don't think it has a lot to do with the turning issue. I'm not sure tho. I'm still pretty new to RC, especially to creating plans, lol.
These changes shoule hopefully help... we'll see I guess!