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Old 05-25-2004 | 08:26 PM
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Default RE: ratio : weight/thrust ?????

ORIGINAL: Aerodesigner

I'm building a little UAV of about 10 foot of length and 13 foot of wingspan.
My estimation of the total weight is about 300 lbs.

Marc
I think forum policies prohibit the discussion of UAVs, for the obvious reason. Something that is 300 pounds falls outside of what may be defined as "model" and into the realm of "research craft," and so forth.

In any event, 30-40% is good for scale models, but since you did not divulge speed, acceleration, flying characteristics, etc., it will be difficult to answer.