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Rutan Boomerang

82 Diegotaco  9.7 years ago
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My take on Burt Rutan's Boomerang asymmetric prop plane. Kind of a b**** to take off, but keep the yaw to the left and be ready to roll to the right once you get off the ground! If anyone can make improvements, feel free! Any advice is welcome.

Specifications

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 39.1ft (11.9m)
  • Length 29.5ft (9.0m)
  • Height 10.5ft (3.2m)
  • Empty Weight 5,092lbs (2,310kg)
  • Loaded Weight 6,594lbs (2,991kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.681
  • Wing Loading 31.5lbs/ft2 (153.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 209.4ft2 (19.5m2)
  • Drag Points 2162

Parts

  • Number of Parts 105
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 407

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    0 PlaneThatWorks

    Time to describe every weird looked plane
    this: it looks like a sidecar

    1.8 years ago
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    3,668 TheTekkit101

    I'm surprised this thing even flies!

    8.7 years ago
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    558 Shadoscythe
    I am making a boomerang right now but can't balance it how did you get yours to balance
    9.6 years ago
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    6,104 thomasjaf
    Designing an asymetrical plane is difficult and you are on the right track! BUT you've made a few mistakes. First of all, I know it's not easy but your COT should be on the right of the COM to counter drag that is more important on the right of the COM. Then the COM and the COL MUST be on the same line, you simply cannot acheive a steady flight if this is not respected (Newton). And finnaly, after all of that is done, you need to fine tunned your control surfaces to have pure pitch (without induced roll etc). Anyway, hope this was helpfull, I suscribe to you to see your next planes ;) good luck
    9.7 years ago

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