I'm looking for a website which describes model-aircraft design: - wing shape, area, amount of dihedral - tail size - angle of incidence (main wing & stabilizer) - length of fuselage
I did a search on the WWW, but didn't come up with anything. Only sites with specifics on airfoils. I'm finishing up a scratch build off of a $10 SkyShark foam free-flight airplane. I'm building it into a v-tail, & I did some test-flights using some jury-rigs. I can get some decent free-flight glides. I'm using a CF rod for the rear fuselage, & I'm rough-guessing it's length. Is it like in automobile & bicycle design: longer means better longitudinal stability? (at the cost of quicker manuevering). I'm also wondering about the tail-area, wing area..how the relationship affects performance. Example: I see these fancy hi-end HLGs, with real long fuselages with very tiny v-tails. I used tapered 1 3/8" balsa for trailing-edge of the wing..that stuff is heavy! I had to drill holes in it to remove the excess weight (the wing was way heavy towards the rear). I used a 1/2" bit (hand drill), & made a mess of the balsa..real ragged. How do people do nice hole cuts? B Yen RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
