Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes
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If I'm being totally honest I don't know why I built what I did, but I can certainly say why I've never seen it done before. That's because there is literally no practical reason whatsoever to build this. The best reason I can give for why I built it is that nobody told me not to, and if somebody did I would have taken it as a challenge and built it anyway.
Here it is:
Actually this is just a mockup, the wings aren't glued together yet because I want to try to fly it as a normal Versa wing first before I get too crazy, just so I can say I built something once that actually flew. Each wing is actually balanced on rolls of tape in the photo. This is a triplane flying wing, a flying wing with three wings, or sacrilege (whatever you want to call it). It's built completely from extra parts I stripped from my Stearman crash for a total price (for me) of $0. Each wing has/will have (I haven't hooked anything up yet) functioning ailerons for a grand total of six, and it will most likely have rudders too once I get everything hooked up. It's powered by a C-Pack motor and I modified the Versa wing design to accommodate a 10" pusher prop. I'll post better photos once I have the wings more thoroughly attached and can photograph other angles without revealing that the entire thing is balanced together on two wheels and a roll of electrical tape.
I have no idea what the advantages or drawbacks of this will be; it probably won't work but at least it will look really, really cool when it doesn't work. I might get an fpv setup just for this or mount a gimbal, we'll see when I have some more money to throw at this thing.
Really I must be kept busy at all times, otherwise I built stuff like this.
P.S. I was completely sober when I made this.
Here it is:
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Actually this is just a mockup, the wings aren't glued together yet because I want to try to fly it as a normal Versa wing first before I get too crazy, just so I can say I built something once that actually flew. Each wing is actually balanced on rolls of tape in the photo. This is a triplane flying wing, a flying wing with three wings, or sacrilege (whatever you want to call it). It's built completely from extra parts I stripped from my Stearman crash for a total price (for me) of $0. Each wing has/will have (I haven't hooked anything up yet) functioning ailerons for a grand total of six, and it will most likely have rudders too once I get everything hooked up. It's powered by a C-Pack motor and I modified the Versa wing design to accommodate a 10" pusher prop. I'll post better photos once I have the wings more thoroughly attached and can photograph other angles without revealing that the entire thing is balanced together on two wheels and a roll of electrical tape.
I have no idea what the advantages or drawbacks of this will be; it probably won't work but at least it will look really, really cool when it doesn't work. I might get an fpv setup just for this or mount a gimbal, we'll see when I have some more money to throw at this thing.
Really I must be kept busy at all times, otherwise I built stuff like this.
P.S. I was completely sober when I made this.