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Old 02-05-2005 | 05:50 PM
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Default RE: Calling all imitation tensor builder/flyers

Aggh, designing a new plane is always problem prone...

I've got a very powerful design going. The rudder/side area is plenty enough to do knife edge flips quicker than it will even loop, however I'm still struggling with some coupling issues that I want to work out in the prototype stage.

Here is the progress so far:

Built the prototype according to my plans, modifying some issues that I missed in the design phase.

Shortened the nose by several inches, messed up the design a the finished design was getting confused which end went foward

CG was all messed up so I scooted the lower wing back by 2 inches, making it staggered like an ultimate.

As mentioned the coupling still needs work, I also need to find out why my roll rate is low and fix that. As soon as I'm done with these issues I'll update the plans and work on getting a production model going.

Pictures soon to come... this thing looks wicked[8D]