RE: [RCSE] RE: flying wings?

2004-10-11 Thread Jared
There is also the Co5, but that's a do it yourself wing. I have heard that people use them to slope and thermal. I've been wanting to build one for a while but I have about 4 other projects that need to get finished first :) Jared -Original Message- From: Nathan Woods [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [RCSE] Re: flying wings

2004-10-11 Thread Aerofoam
Meanwhile, the conventional wisdom seems to be you can't launch flying wings as high as conventional tailed designs, assuming identical conditions. The reason is the high alpha (angle of attack) in a histart or winch launch requires you to crank in so much up-elevon, you ruin the efficiency of