WE WANT A SR-71!
- Thread starter Mr Man
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short_nathan
Member
You followed my idea?
short_nathan
Member
Hey, you should put an article called "We want an FT SR-71!!!" in the FT website (because there are like 3 articles per year nowadays)
Tench745
Master member
I don't think using the articles section to beg for a new plan is going to be particularly effective. I'm not certain, but I believe the moderator for the articles is a volunteer, and not part of the usual FT crew.
short_nathan
Member
There are no new *fun* articles, so it would be fun to add something, and it would be more convincing if someone posted a (very) good design of an SR-71.
Mr Man
Elite member
I did a couple of days ago, but it hasn’t been cleared yet.
short_nathan
Member
Dangit, right now I am making one myself though.
Flying Cherokee
Active member
If FT does come out with one......I will have to make one!
Burnhard
Well-known member
To be fair, while the original thing is a technical marvel, I don’t believe a foam model will be much fun.
The original was designed to cruise at high speed for long periods of time, that’s something that cannot be easily replicated for a model.
More serious, with that design, maneuverability will probably be an issue. And even if it flies, it will not have much presence in the air.
The original was designed to cruise at high speed for long periods of time, that’s something that cannot be easily replicated for a model.
More serious, with that design, maneuverability will probably be an issue. And even if it flies, it will not have much presence in the air.
That's exactly how I feel getting one of the golden age racers to fly.
Piotrsko
Master member
I agree with @quorneng: if it flew realistically, you would need a city sized place to fly it because standard rate turns would be about a mile in diameter at about 150 mph. A standard rate turn in a real one around a VOR is about 200 miles or just about the maximum distance you can you could get the VOR signal from 80,000 msl. And that's just a two minute turn. Lose attention for a second and you have lost the plane. Friends said "You havent been lost until you get lost at mach 4"
L Edge
Master member
It is great fun in getting a exotic design to fly from launch to land and by the way, the pilot needs to massage the throttle, control the nose and rudder and really feel the plane to keep it in the air and land successfully.
This is initial flight inside a 400 ft square area(houses behind trees, can't crash or retrieve) and not trimmed.
When a designer moves from prop to EDF's, it takes an additional set of new rules to get it to design, build and fly. Applied that to the Warthog A-10, and I can very comfortable attack at 6 feet and turn and burn if I want.
Got my Dark Star going the same way even made out of Adams foam.
Learn even more as exploring EDF's. Any exhaust nozzle that is not exiting parallel to flight, will cause a pitch up to your plane, especially the rudderless type.
Go to my youtube site to see other EDF planes flying.
This is initial flight inside a 400 ft square area(houses behind trees, can't crash or retrieve) and not trimmed.
When a designer moves from prop to EDF's, it takes an additional set of new rules to get it to design, build and fly. Applied that to the Warthog A-10, and I can very comfortable attack at 6 feet and turn and burn if I want.
Got my Dark Star going the same way even made out of Adams foam.
Learn even more as exploring EDF's. Any exhaust nozzle that is not exiting parallel to flight, will cause a pitch up to your plane, especially the rudderless type.
Go to my youtube site to see other EDF planes flying.
L Edge
Master member
Will be watching this one. Are you shooting for a flying it in the gym?
