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Back in 2016 I did a sort of Concorde using cosmic interceptor cone and tubes with a bottom mounted wing, it flew nice but was close to 12 oz rtf. I wanted to do another one a bit better using my current lighter materials and the learnings from my others.
I tweaked my Aurora clipper wing shape a bit, removed the dihedral and used a straight spar. The wing is a low mounted through the tube/slotted type. I bevel cut the rear of the tube. The motor tube is recessed but centered requiring a groove to be sanded in the rear of the wing to allow the tube to fit under the stabilizer tab. Worked perfect.
I mounted the Servos on the bottom for appearance, but glued them together vertically in a slot through the tube/wing so they didn't stick down so far on landing. I mounted some foam blocks on the bottom of the servos to keep them from going in too far, I had to trim off the servo tabs so they would go deep enough so the arms would clear the rail which uses bottom mounted buttons.
Just waiting for stickershock air France decals to finish it. 35.5" long, 22.5" wingspan, bt-60 tubing and lightweight
Hdpe rocketarium cone. 7.56 oz rtf, so much lighter but not much smaller than my old one.
I tweaked my Aurora clipper wing shape a bit, removed the dihedral and used a straight spar. The wing is a low mounted through the tube/slotted type. I bevel cut the rear of the tube. The motor tube is recessed but centered requiring a groove to be sanded in the rear of the wing to allow the tube to fit under the stabilizer tab. Worked perfect.
I mounted the Servos on the bottom for appearance, but glued them together vertically in a slot through the tube/wing so they didn't stick down so far on landing. I mounted some foam blocks on the bottom of the servos to keep them from going in too far, I had to trim off the servo tabs so they would go deep enough so the arms would clear the rail which uses bottom mounted buttons.
Just waiting for stickershock air France decals to finish it. 35.5" long, 22.5" wingspan, bt-60 tubing and lightweight
Hdpe rocketarium cone. 7.56 oz rtf, so much lighter but not much smaller than my old one.