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Old 01-26-2006 | 07:33 PM
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Default RE: AeroAce/X-Twin planes

here ya go, Logical. its pretty crude, since i couldnt find an actual 3 view, i had to take a picture of the Stryker from a few feet above. then i convered it to a grey scale so i wouldnt have to print it in color, then traced the outline on my computer. since it was almost impossible to get a perfect picture, i cropped the photo to show only the left side of the plane. this way, when you cut it out after printing, you just have to flip the cutout over to trace the right side. it works ok, well enough to build the plane.

i didnt trace out where the elevons are in the picture, but since its a delta wing, you'll have to add some elevons like the Stryker has. they dont have to be functional, but they do have to have some positive angle to them (when you look at the plane from the side, the back of the elevons should point up a few degrees). you can scale it up or down to whatever size you want, right now i think its for around 10 inch wingspan.

it took a lot of tweaking to get it to fly alright, so you'll probably have to make some changes depending on how its flying. and actually, the best results i got were when i switched to a single verticle stabilizer, rather than the strykers two. it also seemed to fly a LOT better when i crashed it and broke off about an inch and a half of the wing tips. again, you'll just have to try adjusting it here and there. if it dives when you launch it, or doesnt climb, try adding more possitive angle to the elevons, or try pointing the motors down a few degrees. let us know how it goes

i'm actually going to contact ParkZone and see if they can send me a real 3 view of it.

nick
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