Originally Posted by
jvaliensi
You added the little fins at the back. Was that to complete the look? Or to improve handling?
It is a nice model and your's came out pretty light.
I did the vertral fins to make the jet looks even better. But the bonus was it improved the handling of the jet even better. It feels like a “natural gyro”. Like most swept wing jets, it has a tendency to “Dutch roll”. With the ventral vins it improved this tendency a lot.
I am always looking to save weight on my airplanes. Lighter is always better as it is very easy to make jets heavier but not lighter. For example I use carbon wing tubes and a 1 liter fuel tank and can still fly 6 minutes with mixed throttle settings