Giant Kraken!!!

[CrazyRCJoe]

At the end of the monster build tips episode they asked for suggestions on what model to supersize. Well, I think it would be awesome to make a 186 POINT 6, percent kraken, it could have 4 motors. They haven't done a 4 engine swappable before.

 

[CrazyRCJoe]

The ultimate test of Dollar Tree foam Board

 

[PilotSam]

Good....real good

 

[paulshort]

thats a great idea

 

[DKchris]

Here's some inspiration on loadability:

 

[CrazyRCJoe]

Wow, that's odd but AWSOME. What glider is that?

 

[DKchris]

It's a Giga Wiesel - technically it's SpeedsterDEN's own take on the basic idea of the Dream flight Weasel plank slope glider, Scaled up just over 420% (Yes, the name is a bit uninventive; No, he doesn't produce or sell them in any way or form, but he did do a thread on how to build them on RCGroups).
Its 3.8m(12.5') span and 6.8kg (15lbs)AUW.
Its mainly just hotwired insulation foam in brown Kraft paper with a couple of carbon tubes in it and an inserted Etherfoam fuse in the middle:

I think there is some fiberglass on the LE though. This and the need for a hotwire rig ought to make the upscaled Kraken a simpler build (If you're in a place where you can easily get hold of DTF )

SpeedsterDEN has a bunch of vids of both the Gigawiesel and its smaller siblings in different more or less "inventive" uses on Youtube
My personal favorite is the direct counterpart to the Giga, his Wiesel Light, at just 6oz and 900mm.

 

[CrazyRCJoe]

its seems pretty awesome. It's almost like a giant alula.

 

[Craftydan]

its seems pretty awesome. It's almost like a giant alula.

Almost exactly so . . . The Wiesel and the Alula are sister designs from the same manufacturer, Dream Flight -- the Wiesel being slightly swept back slope soarer and the Alula being a slightly swept forward DLG wing.

 

[DKchris]

its seems pretty awesome. It's almost like a giant alula.

Hmmm.........nah. Its like a giant Weasel. The Alula wing is quite a bit more advanced with its upswept tips and a "dlg-able" airfoil.

EDIT: I see Dan agrees (Wiesel is the SpeedsterDEN version tho' )

 

[CrazyRCJoe]

I see. It was just the kind of flying wing with fuselage and no horizontal stabilizer on the tail. Kind of like the alula also sort of like an ME-163 komet.

 

[Grenadapult]

Does anyone know what the current largest Kraken built is?

 

[BALOO]

Does anyone know what the current largest Kraken built is?

I build a Pretty Big one first flight was great but had a Short in the air and Burnt up when I Crash Landed it