Flight Report

Wing loading! What is wing loading!!!
Like I said, that was a prototype! My fifth one. Four of them were a success, but this one was an In the entire project I never take care of the weight, normally, a normal airframe without hardware came out under 2 pounds. I was okay 1.9 pound, with landing gear, gas tank, control rods.... After adding radio gear, engine, spinner, prop, tune pipe the airplane came out at 4.9 pounds!!! It’s ok on a normal plane with 400 square inch wing, but with my small wing, the wing loading came out at 45 oz by square feet!!! Just a bit too MUCH!!!

Finally to keep it in the air, I need to fly it almost full throttle. On an untrimmed plane it was tricky, and very scary. The plane was so sensitive.... And for the landing, imagine landing your plane at half throttle, on grass, with wheel pants…

I made two tests flights, with minor correction to CG, and a lot of expodential... I didn't crash it, but I will not put it in the air any more... Like somebody suggest me, I could modified my wing by adding 4 inches at the end (wing extension) plus adding wing tips to reduce the wing loading. But there is other projects waiting....