I should be finishing the Reichenberg (plans are finalized and final build will get painted this weekend) but I had to get this prototype out of my system.
First came across this on the original draft competition thread when willsonman posted a few suggestions for entries. One of them was the Junkers EF-112. Although the three view on the Luft46 site looked interesting, it was the following image by Gino Marcomini that really made me want to try this.
So I used this image as the basis for a model in Sketchup (dodecagons rule!)
And here are some pics of the first rough prototype build. Some issues here, but nothing that can't be easily fixed. Will hack in some servos (motor mounts front and back are already installed) and might get her up this weekend.
First came across this on the original draft competition thread when willsonman posted a few suggestions for entries. One of them was the Junkers EF-112. Although the three view on the Luft46 site looked interesting, it was the following image by Gino Marcomini that really made me want to try this.
So I used this image as the basis for a model in Sketchup (dodecagons rule!)
And here are some pics of the first rough prototype build. Some issues here, but nothing that can't be easily fixed. Will hack in some servos (motor mounts front and back are already installed) and might get her up this weekend.