Terence Lynock Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Hi Folks, come across a plan for a 110'' span free flight powered glider, thing is I would like to fit it out for r/c but could there be anything hiding that I will have to change or be aware of? some designs have a deliberately distorted wing to make it fly in circles etc, what else will I have to watch for?,regards, Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon barr Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Hello Terry,I would have thought this would take r/c with no problems. As you say, just check that everything is square and true. You may have to bring the c of g forward to make it more controllable, and use micro servos and r/c to keep the weight down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I doubt that a free flight powered glider 110" span will have any design aspects that will cause you any problems with R/C other than perhaps too much dihedral. I f you want to just use R/C to thermal hunt and keep glider over your field, then stay with dihedral. If you want to do more then consider reducing dihedral and fitting ailerons. what glider is it ? and what will weight and engine size likely be -some forum members may be able to be more specific if they knew the model. re small servos etc - consider the size of the control surfaces and likely speeds - normal sized and power servos may be more relevant - again it is back to what you want out of the model. A 110" model is a big model John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence Lynock Posted October 13, 2008 Author Share Posted October 13, 2008 Hi John,maybe an RCM&E plan but not sure named 'Summer Wind', 110'' span and powered is all I have right now but it is a nice slim fuselage and looks to be parallel cord, the wing should take to aileron fitment easily enough,regards, Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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