NASA AD-1 Oblique Wing

[Flightspeed]

Well, what an interesting way of achieving that!🤣

 

[L Edge]

What angle did you max out on?
Your one of the few that understands and uses the differential aileron in the radio.

 

[L Edge]

With the wing swept, are you going to try a right turn?

 

[Pieliker96]

What angle did you max out on?
Your one of the few that understands and uses the differential aileron in the radio.

The real one went to 60, I'm running into the mechanical limits of the wing pivot at 65 degrees - I wanted maximum deflection for storage but that also had to be my max in-flight sweep angle due to mixing / switch restrictions.

With the wing swept, are you going to try a right turn?

I will eventually yeah - I've just been flying left-hand patterns due to the wind direction at that airfield on that day. Max wing sweep is still a little squirrely - I don't trust it in turns. This is probably due to the drastically decreased roll inertia with the wing swept and the visual confusion about which of the blades of the scissors you're flying.

 

[Stress Test]

What’s swinging the wing like that suppose to achieve?

NEW UFO SIGHTINGS! lol, I mean look at the pic he uses for his desktop, it screams UFO!

 

[cyclone3350]

OMG! I am impressed. A: it flew extremely well in a conventional configuration and B: U got it to fly in the oblique configuration. Well done . For part B: I give U .X10-10th.Three point two likes times ten to the tenth power award.

 

[L Edge]

The real one went to 60, I'm running into the mechanical limits of the wing pivot at 65 degrees - I wanted maximum deflection for storage but that also had to be my max in-flight sweep angle due to mixing / switch restrictions.


I will eventually yeah - I've just been flying left-hand patterns due to the wind direction at that airfield on that day. Max wing sweep is still a little squirrely - I don't trust it in turns. This is probably due to the drastically decreased roll inertia with the wing swept and the visual confusion about which of the blades of the scissors you're flying.

Have you given any thoughts to a SR-71?

 

[Stress Test]

Have you given any thoughts to a SR-71?

That's a whole new level of insanity. Made to fly mostly straight and fast it would be a bugger to keep near the field.

Go for it!

 

[L Edge]

That's a whole new level of insanity. Made to fly mostly straight and fast it would be a bugger to keep near the field.

Go for it!

Actually no, I built a flat plate 2 64 mmEDF one and it flies great. Even handlaunches.

 

[Pieliker96]

Finally got some on-board video with the wings swung, think it's a unique perspective

 

[Tench745]

What a bizarre thing to watch. I love it.