I am going into this challenge knowing that there will be quite a few challenges ahead and much to learn. I choose this path to advance my all around flying skills. Some things to overcome: 1) My plank flying skills are horrid, 2) This was a challenging airframe to fly, 3) it has some rather challenging design features. Fortunately it is a very well documented airframe with one original and several examples of models in the wild. The One surviving appears to be only a few hours away in Michigan. What I thought was a Canard design is actually a flying wing with an elevator up front. The VERY front.... I'm sure this will go through many wadded up iterations from now till the end of the challenge. Going to start with an ultra simple 3D foamyish "flat" + profile design, and work up to a more curvaceous build.
Some pictures pulled from the web:
I have no reservations with others building their own renditions of this plane. Really like the idea of keeping this an open challenge as has been stated previously in the thread.
Cheers!
LitterBug
Some pictures pulled from the web:
![Curtiss_XP-55_Ascender-6.jpg Curtiss_XP-55_Ascender-6.jpg](https://ftforumx2.s3.amazonaws.com/2017/07/157734_1c73d1832bc08720e63d701bba5ec1d1_thumb.jpg)
![3-view-Curtiss-XP-55-Ascender.jpg 3-view-Curtiss-XP-55-Ascender.jpg](https://ftforumx2.s3.amazonaws.com/2017/07/157735_6979630d6eab37ec17c86910cfc0efda_thumb.jpg)
![kaz_p-55_06.jpg kaz_p-55_06.jpg](https://ftforumx2.s3.amazonaws.com/2017/07/157737_d910cba569eab1350165ae2d87628fc9_thumb.jpg)
I have no reservations with others building their own renditions of this plane. Really like the idea of keeping this an open challenge as has been stated previously in the thread.
Cheers!
LitterBug
Last edited: