Have you thought about any canards?
Just Following up to say that the necessary adjustments were made, and everything straightened out. Thanks to all who helped!
With nice weather today and an airworthy craft, I decided to take it out for a maiden....
It flew amazing!! much better than I ever expected. With the large airframe that has lots of drag, as well as the short and wide thrust tube, it was a very slow flyer but quite maneuverable nonetheless. very snappy on the roll axis but due to the long length the elevator seemed a little sluggish. took it back up with less noseweight and more elevator throws and it is now completely dialed in. I was able to high alpha very easy, and still get the nose down for higher speed passes. Landing of course was a breeze, coming in slow and flaring at the last second.
Overall, I am so happy how this project turned out and very excited to see other members of the community build one.
But I am not done yet....
First, I need to update the plans with my adjustments made, and configure them for more seamless tiling.
Next, I need to build another Airframe off the plans and ensure that It is everything I ever hoped it would be.
Next, I need to shoot a ‘build tips’ video for my channel so that people can understand how it goes together without watching me build the entire thing for hours on end.
Then, I need to get a bunch of flight footage to make content from.
Finally the plans will be posted here and hopefully this thread will turn into a place where people who build this design can share their experiences.
Thank you again to everyone who helped me out on this build, it wouldn’t have taken off without you.
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Excellent News! Congrats on your successful maiden - looking forward to seeing some vid.
Awesome design, glad to see it flies well without too much adjusting. I may decide to do a 64mm hp-115 eventually, but if my own projects keep turning out crap, I may just build your concord off the upcoming plans. For now though, I'm holding off on an edf setup until I get simpler home builds to work. I will be attempting my custom slender delta again here soon, and I'm debating how to do the prop. A straight tractor is out of the question for air flow reasons,and a rear pusher makes for bad cg and necessitates extra wiring extensions on a long slender wing,so my real three options are a prop in slot, a high mounted pusher(like my last attempts) or a nacelle mounted tractor somewhat back from the nose and leading edge.
Just out of curiosity, real FMS EDF units don't come in light grey, do they? I had a horrible experience with one off of Ebay. the price was right but the unit was garbage. At this point I'm almost positive it was a counterfeit made in a low grade sweat shop or some clown's 3d printer.
Gorgeous. The lines and profile on the plane really capture the look of the Concorde, and she flies just as that type of plane should. Slender wing designs are much more capable and much less intimidating than they seem at first glance. They look like they are going Mach two just sitting still, but speed is far from required to keep them in the air, they fly great slow too especially on high alpha. Landings are super easy. You can belly flop and come out fine with all that ground effect and vortex lift.Got a nice flight on film today... Here it is:
Bravo!!
So when are you incorporating a droop nose for landing? Just kidding.
Gorgeous. The lines and profile on the plane really capture the look of the Concorde, and she flies just as that type of plane should. Slender wing designs are much more capable and much less intimidating than they seem at first glance. They look like they are going Mach two just sitting still, but speed is far from required to keep them in the air, they fly great slow too especially on high alpha. Landings are super easy. You can belly flop and come out fine with all that ground effect and vortex lift.
Past experience:
Suggest you check your inlet and outlet each time. I use to fly real early in the morning when there was dew on the grass. Field was mowed the day before at club. Chucked it on the second flight (F-16 with a 70 mm) and crash, it did. It spit out 4 blades at me and wet clumps of grass and the inlet was the cause. Expensive flight.
The Russian TU-144 has canards, Concorde does not.Yeah, there will definitely be some on the final plans. I haven’t really implemented them yet because the concorde’s canards are really small so they don’t do too much to the flight characteristics. But yes, I have thought of them.
Well that clears that up. At first I thought it didn't have canards, then I looked close and thought it did. I figured they were more turbulence generators than anything else. Didn't know "strakes" was the technical term. Interesting, I may incorporate them into my slender delta design.The Russian TU-144 has canards, Concorde does not.
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/...e-things-under-the-concorde-s-cockpit-windows
Well that clears that up. At first I thought it didn't have canards, then I looked close and thought it did. I figured they were more turbulence generators than anything else. Didn't know "strakes" was the technical term. Interesting, I may incorporate them into my slender delta design.
Awesome. I may build this as my first EDF plane. Uses some techniques that are a bit sketchy for my skill level though. Also, I have trouble making my elevons perfectly in sync as it is much less forgiving than AET/RET. this just killed my recent prototype.Yep. They definitely have a purpose, just not really one for my design.
Update: The final flight of the first model has been flown, and the electronics have been stripped and are ready for the next airframe. should get the plans tiled out and the plane built by the end of the week.
Awesome. I may build this as my first EDF plane. Uses some techniques that are a bit sketchy for my skill level though. Also, I have trouble making my elevons perfectly in sync as it is much less forgiving than AET/RET. this just killed my recent prototype.