Vimana89
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This will basically be a log where I update and share projects and stuff related to my slender delta designs. My V Sliver is a pretty good intro and makes a good easy Ret plane, like a Nutball or Flyer with its own unique handling characteristics thrown in the mix. It gives a good impression of how slender deltas handle in level flight and high alpha, but minus the rolls, so it's not quite the full experience. Many who fly a lot of ailerons and elevons would say somewhat watered down. I like it for what it is, but want to continue my slender delta design into sort of a series, involving higher performance models that really maximize the potential of this planform.
I've been messing around with a couple tailed AET variants, and they have been fun but a bit flawed. I have somewhat of an idea on how to make this design more efficient by extending the length of the tailplane, but I still think it would lose a lot of high alpha capability, and not be as efficient as elevons. The tailed variant is something I will still mess with on the side, but I'm not sure that's the next direction I want to go. I was thinking of first scaling up my simple RET build to test a KFM wing idea I had that joins two pieces of a larger wing(and can be made to leave room for dihedral tips for RET). It can give me an idea if I would enjoy this as a larger plane. From there, I could choose the most efficient size for my needs, and then try a straight up 3ch elevon version.
I want the elevon version to be sort of the base for higher performance experiments as I get better, like stepping up to 4ch, EDF, thrust vectoring, etc. The tailed AET might also be a cool approach, but I'm not yet convinced it would be very efficient, so that's on the backburner until I've tried it with elevons. For the first scaled up version, I will be using the same sized motor(radial 2205), because it's pretty overpowered already on the little park flyer version, and it's the biggest I've got. It should handle a larger, but not ridiculously larger airframe no prob, especially since my design has way more wing than fuselage and a low wing loading.
Any input, suggestions, or ideas welcome! I'll update soon with some progress.
I've been messing around with a couple tailed AET variants, and they have been fun but a bit flawed. I have somewhat of an idea on how to make this design more efficient by extending the length of the tailplane, but I still think it would lose a lot of high alpha capability, and not be as efficient as elevons. The tailed variant is something I will still mess with on the side, but I'm not sure that's the next direction I want to go. I was thinking of first scaling up my simple RET build to test a KFM wing idea I had that joins two pieces of a larger wing(and can be made to leave room for dihedral tips for RET). It can give me an idea if I would enjoy this as a larger plane. From there, I could choose the most efficient size for my needs, and then try a straight up 3ch elevon version.
I want the elevon version to be sort of the base for higher performance experiments as I get better, like stepping up to 4ch, EDF, thrust vectoring, etc. The tailed AET might also be a cool approach, but I'm not yet convinced it would be very efficient, so that's on the backburner until I've tried it with elevons. For the first scaled up version, I will be using the same sized motor(radial 2205), because it's pretty overpowered already on the little park flyer version, and it's the biggest I've got. It should handle a larger, but not ridiculously larger airframe no prob, especially since my design has way more wing than fuselage and a low wing loading.
Any input, suggestions, or ideas welcome! I'll update soon with some progress.