ItMightFly
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Edit: Looking for a name for this plane and thread, any ideas?
Hello FliteTest community! I’m starting a project with my dad here soon. I’ve been building smaller planes without plans and seeing if they fly. I’m on a 7 planes that fly streak right now, and thought I would try it again with my dad. This plane is going to be quite a bit larger than the others, as it will have a 10 ft wingspan.
The goal is just to make something that flies relatively well. Just a decent plane. The smaller ones we will base it off of are these:
They are basic designs with some flaws that will be fixed with the large one.
The larger one you see in the picture has one large, basic flaw. The mouth of a thing it’s got there.
The goal with that plane was to make something funny looking and still get I to fly, my goal was achieved. It flies, but it definitely has some kind of negative efficiency.
The smaller plane in the picture came next. It is 1/4 the scale (60” wing vs 15”). I fixed the large mouth problem by leaving the bottom unsealed, and shortening the height some. I also fixed torque with the twin motor.
Plans for the 10’ plane will be as follows:
Must fly
Two piece wing (for storage and transportation)
Twin engine
Easy flyer
Others can build it too
Day one: Plans
The original goal was to make a plane without plans. Something this size needs plans for more efficient flying, and so that others can build one for themselves.
Here are some basic plans I drew, not the best, but they will do fine.
I will try and redraw plans soon for you guys.
Day two:
Due to the size of the plane, we need some kind of spar made of wood running through the wing. I had asked about wing joining earlier in the form, and I was directed to the FliteTest video on large scale builds. They used sheer joints without pivots for their wings. Those might look like this:
Please ignore the poor drawing here, I will try and make these better later on. For now they will do just for me and my dad.
I will add on to the story later as the build continues! Thanks guys!
Hello FliteTest community! I’m starting a project with my dad here soon. I’ve been building smaller planes without plans and seeing if they fly. I’m on a 7 planes that fly streak right now, and thought I would try it again with my dad. This plane is going to be quite a bit larger than the others, as it will have a 10 ft wingspan.
The goal is just to make something that flies relatively well. Just a decent plane. The smaller ones we will base it off of are these:
They are basic designs with some flaws that will be fixed with the large one.
The larger one you see in the picture has one large, basic flaw. The mouth of a thing it’s got there.
The goal with that plane was to make something funny looking and still get I to fly, my goal was achieved. It flies, but it definitely has some kind of negative efficiency.
The smaller plane in the picture came next. It is 1/4 the scale (60” wing vs 15”). I fixed the large mouth problem by leaving the bottom unsealed, and shortening the height some. I also fixed torque with the twin motor.
Plans for the 10’ plane will be as follows:
Must fly
Two piece wing (for storage and transportation)
Twin engine
Easy flyer
Others can build it too
Day one: Plans
The original goal was to make a plane without plans. Something this size needs plans for more efficient flying, and so that others can build one for themselves.
Here are some basic plans I drew, not the best, but they will do fine.
I will try and redraw plans soon for you guys.
Day two:
Due to the size of the plane, we need some kind of spar made of wood running through the wing. I had asked about wing joining earlier in the form, and I was directed to the FliteTest video on large scale builds. They used sheer joints without pivots for their wings. Those might look like this:
Please ignore the poor drawing here, I will try and make these better later on. For now they will do just for me and my dad.
I will add on to the story later as the build continues! Thanks guys!
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