@Skua I took the time to double check things: Structural and regular wings have the exact same weight, so you shouldn't have any weight concerns about using them.
I also tested your glider on low and high settings in SP (android). The flex was evident much more in low than in high. I would say about 3x more flex in low. (Repeated oscillations on your pitch will accentuate the flex I am talking about)
Nice design! Reducing size of control surfaces would make it a little more efficient. Also, the flat profile of your wings could make it unstable at low speeds. Try adding a bit of dihedral to all of the wings.
Very difficult to control and not a great glider. Try increasing wing surface area and mixing in some structural wings for rigidity in the right places
The short length of the fuselage combined with the small diagonal stabilizers lends an unpredictable nature to your glider under any type of moderate maneuver
Thank you Philip, was hoping you would have a chance to check this one out - quite proud of it's look/lines. Borrows from a lot of 5th gen fighters, but also some tomcat in it with intakes.
Perhaps a future part could be a 'fuselage' style part that acts as an intake? can change the intake shape/size (does it have turbo fans? scramjet?)
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/dA37Rl/Arctic-Sparrow-v-2-0-Indestructable
Please see the updated 2nd version to this plane - twice the power and even more agile!
Thank you Elij for canard suggestion!
Thanks! It was a proof of concept to try building something only using structural wings/rotators. Turned out to be indestructable (in air). It flies like a charm at ultrasonic speeds
Great job! Looks fantastic
I share your appreciation for this plane and made a replica in sr2, hope you find it worthy and that you can check it out!
I know how to fix it, I'm just letting you know your uploaded version has the prob.
Cheers.
I'm a fan of minimal designs! Good stuff!
@Skua I took the time to double check things: Structural and regular wings have the exact same weight, so you shouldn't have any weight concerns about using them.
I also tested your glider on low and high settings in SP (android). The flex was evident much more in low than in high. I would say about 3x more flex in low. (Repeated oscillations on your pitch will accentuate the flex I am talking about)
Is this not an entry to a challenge?
If you "don't need performance", why bother entering the challenge?
Cheers
Like I said, use some structural wings (they don't flex so much as the regularwings)
Great glide performance, but has a tendency to yaw left????
Not the most efficient of designs, but how interesting! Very neat to see that flex, despite it being a negative for performance
Very nice design, though pitch controls are inverted and no need for the extra drag/weight of the landing gear!
Nice design! Reducing size of control surfaces would make it a little more efficient. Also, the flat profile of your wings could make it unstable at low speeds. Try adding a bit of dihedral to all of the wings.
Nice design! You could get more performance by shifting the CoM back a bit relative to the CoL
Nice overall package, but would benefit from some attention to proper weight balance! Also, get rid of the excess weight to improve performance!
Very difficult to control and not a great glider. Try increasing wing surface area and mixing in some structural wings for rigidity in the right places
The short length of the fuselage combined with the small diagonal stabilizers lends an unpredictable nature to your glider under any type of moderate maneuver
Thank you Philip, was hoping you would have a chance to check this one out - quite proud of it's look/lines. Borrows from a lot of 5th gen fighters, but also some tomcat in it with intakes. Perhaps a future part could be a 'fuselage' style part that acts as an intake? can change the intake shape/size (does it have turbo fans? scramjet?)
Hi ominous, I also get the takeoff issue when testing on beta. I've created a second version which fixes the issue and flies better
@IMDABEST So remove some if you find too many! You should be rating the performance of the aircraft!
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/dA37Rl/Arctic-Sparrow-v-2-0-Indestructable Please see the updated 2nd version to this plane - twice the power and even more agile! Thank you Elij for canard suggestion!
Thanks! It was a proof of concept to try building something only using structural wings/rotators. Turned out to be indestructable (in air). It flies like a charm at ultrasonic speeds