GlenP
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It would be really cool to turn this into a glider recovery, although the disc shape itself is not a very good candidate for a glider. But there are some ways to blend the raider shape into a viable glider, take a look at some of the very clever shapes of the @burkefj DynaSoar RC gliders for example, like the Star Trek themed Starship model with a disc shaped wing. In fact, I think having a Cylon raider to match with his Viper glider would be really cool for RC glider dogfights! ... Not as if he has a shortage of great ideas himself, seems to have no problem coming up with really cool original designs:
https://dynasoarrocketry.com/?page_id=925
He thought it was funny, I think, hard to tell.
I might start a new thread for this Raider. The raider weights in about 2.8 oz. So, I am thinking I can make a simple 18mm rocket with oversize fins, and with middle eject or rear eject so it can safely unload the raider as a parasite. As long as that rocket itself is light enough to carry the nearly 2oz payload of the raider. I will rig up some long shroud lines to a chute for the raider to let it descend horizontally but somewhat nose down like it is making an attack run. The rocket won't be anything special, just a carrier rocket with some appropriate decorations...
That is a pretty good idea too. This particular build is probably not strong enough, I think the wing tips might rip off, they don't have any internal support as this was intended for a display model. But the shape is actually very close to a saucer type rocket and could probably be made into one with minimal modifications. It could be scaled down to an appropriate diameter and could be a spool fin or a saucer rocket. It might also work as a simple fold-over wing for a monocopter, the Art Applewhite USA flag MMX mini monocopter, for example, you could replace the flag with a top/bottom view of the Raider and fold it over as the wing. Just have to size the raider planform to the equivalent flag area and re-balance the beam with a new engine and spent engine.You could also do a "spool" type aproach with a motor vertically up the center
Frank
You could also do a "spool" type aproach with a motor vertically up the center
Frank
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