ORIGINAL: Premium2000
I am kicking around the idea (challange) of trying to build an RC plane that flies backwards. My simple vision is to have a plane that on the ground, looks exactly like a basic trainer but when powered up heads down the runway in reverse, flies a basic pattern and lands safely. This trick should have a pretty nice WOW factor.
Larry
If a hefty amount of dihedral is used it can substitute for fin area (when flying BACKWARDS)
Control can be effected by the use of Control Wing principle as used by Bill Wolf on full size aircraft. Have a word with dicknadine on Vintage thread for how to control the incidence of individual wings.
A flat plate wing would work as inefficiently in either direction.
old git - - - - - - aka John L.