rcspaceflight
creator of virtual planes
Well, this isn't exactly a show idea, it's just an idea I had for a great FPV platform and this is the best forum subject to add it to.
Back when Russia was starting to get into building jet planes, I think during WWII, they build a small prop plane with swept back wings and a canard in front to test out how well swept wings worked. It's called the MiG 8 and here is a brief Wikipedia article about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-8
It's supposed to be a favorite plane among the Russian test pilots that flew it. Easy to fly, handled great, all that stuff. I just thought I'd throw this experimental plane out there as an idea to build it for a FPV plane. I know a lot of people have independently built similar planes for FPV, but it might be nice to copy an existing and tested real plane designed that has some history with it. It is a rather ugly plane, but would be perfect for FPV.
Back when Russia was starting to get into building jet planes, I think during WWII, they build a small prop plane with swept back wings and a canard in front to test out how well swept wings worked. It's called the MiG 8 and here is a brief Wikipedia article about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-8
It's supposed to be a favorite plane among the Russian test pilots that flew it. Easy to fly, handled great, all that stuff. I just thought I'd throw this experimental plane out there as an idea to build it for a FPV plane. I know a lot of people have independently built similar planes for FPV, but it might be nice to copy an existing and tested real plane designed that has some history with it. It is a rather ugly plane, but would be perfect for FPV.