F-117 Nighthawk: A Scratch Build

[lakeroadster]

What if...

29mm Motor Tube,​

Laminated Plywood Construction,​

Glider Recovery​

I know the simulation runs are invalid, but tell me, why wouldn't this work?

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[teepot]

Looks good to me. Go for it.

 

[sr205347d]

I know the simulation runs are invalid, but tell me, why wouldn't this work?

Well, "hell for stout" can work for rockets by compensating for the weight with more thrust. But gliders . . .

Check out the building materials and techniques used by @burkefj. https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/f-117-r-c-rocket-glider.166263/

 

[Rschub]

I think you will have a better chance if you cut it from 1/4" pink foam rather than plywood. Cheaper too.

 

[Daddyisabar]

If it ain't ply, it don't fly!

It's the next wooden wonder!

 

[Antares JS]

Might be too heavy to glide.

 

[BABAR]

If intended to be a glider, this would be a good one for a double parasite glider, along the lines of your Space Shuttle America or MPCs Lunar Patrol pictured here


Shamelessly stolen (although appropriately attributed to @milehigh
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/mpc-lunar-patrol-finally-finished.146971/

A double CardStock Model like @GlenP makes might make it (or "them") light enough to glide well.

Disadvantage is that the gliders would be much smaller than you are planning, and you have THREE things to track, two of them small with no streamer or parachute to help visibility.

Squirrel Works has (or had) the DogFight
https://www.squirrel-works.com/catalog/dogfight/dogfight.html

 

[ReynoldsSlumber]

There's a very nice F-117 scale papercraft glider plan available, which one could conceivably upscale and make from sturdier material.The plans already include some internal structure.

My main hobby these days being scale papercraft gliders, I've made one of those stock at 1/72 out of computer paper as an indoor glider. Thin paper like that isn't quite stiff enough to avoid the "starved horse" look, and it's touchy to get it to fly right when it's that light, given how draggy the Wobblin' Goblin is at such a small size and slow speed. I'm considering making another out of cardstock at 1/64 as a rubber band launch outdoor glider.