Arcfyre
Elite member
Wow, that pond is BEGGING for a seaplane of some sort!
Lol I have it covered, no worries:
Flyzone seawind
Dornier Libelle
Scout on floats
Sea Duck
Wow, that pond is BEGGING for a seaplane of some sort!
I have a Tundra and a UMX Timber both with floats sitting collecting dust, not the planes, I fly em, just no larger ponds to fly off of... Lucky!Lol I have it covered, no worries:
Flyzone seawind
Dornier Libelle
Scout on floats
Sea Duck
Goosebuster II is finished!
This is a rough prototype to see if the airframe is even airworthty, as it's an untested design. I still have plans to use dual servos for the elevons, and I will probably increase the overall size of the control surfaces.
I have intentionally left off the winglets as I want to see if she is stable enough in yaw without them. If she's too unstable I will add some winglets for yaw stability.
She balances slightly nose heavy at 20% forward based on calculations I made here, using a 5000 mAh 3S and a 70A ESC. All up weight is 2 pounds 15 ounces or 1332 grams, so she's a big bird. Wingspan is 60" or 1.52 meters.
Here she is next to Goosebuster I ready to fly.
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I also noticed you did have winglets and good sized ones, great. Next time do the same and just take your knife with you and after each flight trim them down some, 1 inch at a time that way you will know right away what if any affect they have on the flight characteristics of it.
I really like your design, glad the maiden went so well and... that no one was harmed...
Speaking of your design, the crescent cutouts near the prop... Noise abatement, or just style points?
.... course there are those times when.....
(For some reason it’s been a challenge to get my wife back out flying with me...) 😂
Nice try to get her, better luck next time ..... course there are those times when.....
(For some reason it’s been a challenge to get my wife back out flying with me...) 😂