speedbirdted
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This is flippin cool. The landing gear with the functional springs I especially like. You never see stuff like that on foam planes. I saw a guy who modded his to have Fowler flaps running off of two servos each, mixed on a switch so the bottom position was no flaps, middle extended only and top extended and dropped the flaps. The thing practically had to be flying backwards to stall. Perhaps you could do that and it would be easier given that you are making the wing design!
Speaking of that, how will you do the wing? Folded over design like FT does, or with ribs covered in 2mm depron I'd assume for the extra malleability? I would also think about maybe investigating nylon bolts to hold the wing on instead of rubber bands because skewers have a tendency to quickly destroy the foam around them over time, resulting in them moving around and sometimes finding their way out of the plane altogether (resulting in the wing leaving the airplane which is not preferred.) However I would then also think about using some sort of hard material like plywood or carbon fiber sheet to hold the claw nuts and associated mounting hardware that bolted mounting requires...
Speaking of that, how will you do the wing? Folded over design like FT does, or with ribs covered in 2mm depron I'd assume for the extra malleability? I would also think about maybe investigating nylon bolts to hold the wing on instead of rubber bands because skewers have a tendency to quickly destroy the foam around them over time, resulting in them moving around and sometimes finding their way out of the plane altogether (resulting in the wing leaving the airplane which is not preferred.) However I would then also think about using some sort of hard material like plywood or carbon fiber sheet to hold the claw nuts and associated mounting hardware that bolted mounting requires...