Yusernaym
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I didn't expect my next original plane to be a STOL bush style, but the competition is starting, so I'm putting the Stiletto's big sister on hold while I work on this. So far, I have one bad drawing and a few ideas. I'm planning on using full-sheet wings, giving me a 60" wingspan at 8 or 9 inches chord. I'll be using CA instead of hot glue to try to keep the weight down as far as possible. Given the weight of a sheet of foamboard and all of my electronics, I'll be going for a target weight of 650-700g before battery, which'll be a challenge at a 5 foot wingspan, but I think it's possible. Most of the fancy STOL features I mentioned in the thread that sparked the challenge will be out, with the possible exception of leading edge slats or vortex generators. I'll be trying to keep it simple, light enough to take a pack C without issue, and able to haul some weight as part of the challenge, hence the trading off of some weight for wing area. The concept sketches are pretty simple, with the only complication being the need to splice two sheets of foamboard together to get enough length in the fuselage, but it shouldn't be too bad. I hope to start prototyping soon, maybe making a test bed to try different angles of incidence using wedges below the wing.