Alright here is the story. I am wicked into nitro rc cars and my buddy is wicked into rc planes. So I came up with the idea to put a set of wings on my nitro 1/10th scale truck.

First off I DONT expect this thing to really "fly” I just want it to glide to safety. Okay here is my plan. He (my buddy) has a lot of parts of an avastar trainer plane. We have lots of fabrication abilities as well. We where thinking that if we took the main wing, what ever you guys call that and put above the center of gravity on the car. Then we take a rear half of a plane and stick it off the back of the car.

To make the car "take off" I will drive my car full speed (50 mph no lies) off a jump. This will propel the car about 10 ft in the air. Not all that impressive. To add to that we will have the lunch off the top of a hill. So it has to land at the bottom of the hill.

My buddy will steer the plane once it is airborne and hopefully land it after about a 30 ft decent. There is no doubt in my mind that his abilities to fly will be an issue. He could fly book shelf if it had wings.

There is one problem (so far) my buddy isn’t convinced that it will simply glide and neither am I. The car is just over 2 lbs. He thinks it will drop like a rock once the tires leave the ground due to no propulsion. So he wants to put a second engine of some sort. I was thinking of a electric engine with a propeller on it mounted to the top of the plant. And have it mounted pointing to the rear of the vehicle to so it will push the car along once airborne.

how fast does a typical electric plane motor rev with no gear reduction. Will a motor from a car work okay?

ANY feedback on this subject is appreciated good or bad.