RE: Making a Good Landing
Hi flycatch
Thanks for an excellent description of your landing method. About 6 months ago I designed and built a foam flying wing with electric drive and tricycle landing gear. A number of other members at our field had similar flying wings, but only my wing had landing gear. It weighs just over one pound so it reacts very different during the landing. If I cut the throttle it practically stops since it has little inertia and the air is just as heavy as with larger planes, so I come in with a little more throttle than"normal". Since the plane has no rudders I can only do loops and rolls. So I do many landings. Maybe 5-10 on every flight. I have never flown it inverted because it "feels" unstable. I'm certain it can do it but I don't want the stress of doing it. Maybe one day, real high. Or not.