Mike Connor

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I was working on a high aspect ratio flying wing with electric in mind but the short cord was giving me fits fitting the gear into a narrow area. After looking at pictures of a X-48B I came up with an idea of half delta and half flying wing. This would allow me to do every thing I wanted to do and I think it looks kind of cool.

It is a flat plate wing with a thickness of 3/8". That gives it a 2.2% wing thickness at the root next to the equipment compartment and 5.2% at the tip. The two spars are 1/4" continuous basswood with balsa ribs. I cut out the 1/16" balsa wing skins and traced the plans onto them. Then I just glued the wood onto the wing skin on a flat surface.