Originally Posted by
TheEdge
So sorry for the unfortunate result especially after all your time and efforts.
It is what it is, and I think I was pushing it too much with that handlaunch attempt.
I was a bit frustrated because I had the plane airborne ONCE, but that happened exactly when I decided to abort near the end of the runway. Had I kept my foot down, it WOULD have flown, and after that, despite several attempts I could not get it to lift off again.
Originally Posted by
Glowgeek
Well that sucks, sorry to hear the retracts didn't survive.
Instead of redeigning the wing spar location you could mount the main gear 1" behind the main spar and use down elevator for the rollout to keep the nose gear planted. Just a matter of letting off the down elevator as it comes up to takeoff speed. The opposite of what we do with tail draggers.
Nevermind, being a pusher that probably wouldn't work.
The issue with the main spar is that it dictates the location of the wheelbay, and thus of the legs.So there is no option but to re-do the wing in order to get the wheels in a better location.
Decisions have been made, and the current plane will be converted to a belly-lander and launched by means of a dolly, either on engine power, motorized dolly or bungee powered.
Fotunately, the damage to the retracts limits to one mechanics, and that is only a 16 bucks item.