Dr. Looping Looie
Elite member
I love flying my E-flite Timber, especially in the snow, and after seeing the bushwhacker episode on Flite Test, I was fascinated about the small space they were flying in. And I really like the mighty mini setup and size. I dont know why nobody has come up with a smaller bushwacker yet, it could be more awesome then you think.
I want to start building today, but I dont just want to scale the plans down, I have some ideas for upgrades which could really add some unique features.
First is going to be a landing gear mount similar to that one on the simple cub and scout. That way I could not only add floats for water and snow, but also a tricycle landing gear by pushing the main gear in the rear slot and adding a nose wheel. This configuration can be found on STOL planes like the Zenith STOL and gives you a different take-off feeling than the taildragger configuration.
Next is going to be the wing: I want to experiment with leading edge slats and turbulators. I will use flaperons because they use just two servos and I want to hinge them like on the Junkers double-wing:
This way it would act like an aileron in flight and like a slotted flap in landing position, which is great for slow flight.
And last is going to be a way of extreme vertical landing. Remember the Vlog with the FT long EZ? They pulled the elevator and it dropped vertically. I found out something similar on a simulator with a 3D shockflyer and did a little aerodynamic research. The trick is to have a thin tail fuse, big elevator (I mean the actual control surface, not the part of the hstab that isnt moving, that should be as small as possible) and lots of throw, so that the tail produces as less drag as possible while going vertically down. lowered flaps may help, too. If this works, it could land really anywhere.
I hope you like my ideas, tell me what you think!
I want to start building today, but I dont just want to scale the plans down, I have some ideas for upgrades which could really add some unique features.
First is going to be a landing gear mount similar to that one on the simple cub and scout. That way I could not only add floats for water and snow, but also a tricycle landing gear by pushing the main gear in the rear slot and adding a nose wheel. This configuration can be found on STOL planes like the Zenith STOL and gives you a different take-off feeling than the taildragger configuration.
Next is going to be the wing: I want to experiment with leading edge slats and turbulators. I will use flaperons because they use just two servos and I want to hinge them like on the Junkers double-wing:
This way it would act like an aileron in flight and like a slotted flap in landing position, which is great for slow flight.
And last is going to be a way of extreme vertical landing. Remember the Vlog with the FT long EZ? They pulled the elevator and it dropped vertically. I found out something similar on a simulator with a 3D shockflyer and did a little aerodynamic research. The trick is to have a thin tail fuse, big elevator (I mean the actual control surface, not the part of the hstab that isnt moving, that should be as small as possible) and lots of throw, so that the tail produces as less drag as possible while going vertically down. lowered flaps may help, too. If this works, it could land really anywhere.
I hope you like my ideas, tell me what you think!
