Experimenting with Motor-Gliders. Aviation path I want to follow and I just wanted to play with the idea a bit here. Full power for takeoff, and once at a decent altitude you can shut off power and retract engine to go into Glide-mode. Let me know if you have any feedback, as I would like to pursue more designs like this. Thank you for looking, and enjoy your flight!!
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 61.6ft (18.8m)
- Length 23.1ft (7.1m)
- Height 7.4ft (2.3m)
- Empty Weight 656lbs (297kg)
- Loaded Weight 1,259lbs (571kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 1.389
- Wing Loading 8.0lbs/ft2 (39.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 157.5ft2 (14.6m2)
- Drag Points 733
Parts
- Number of Parts 21
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 193
@ChiChiWerx Boris said: "Up is Up, down is crash"
@ChiChiWerx I dont fly RC, and I must not have quicksaved the reverse on the elevator. My mistake. I will make the adjustment for the next model. Thank you for the feedback!
Nice, it takes off and flies...buuuuttt...the elevator control is reversed. Push forward, trees get smaller, pull back, trees get bigger, which is exactly the opposite of the old aviation axiom. I know that some RC aircraft guy's set up their planes that way, do you fly RC?