ORIGINAL: MTK
ORIGINAL: fonzie72
we waiting you in Brescia (Italy) for European F3A Championship!
Ciao
Alfo.
I think a monoplane twin makes a lot of sense in electric. Smaller motors mounted on wing nacelles driving props in contra fashion. Electric makes contra rotating twins a cinch....I wish I had more time to design one. Nacelles can be designed to produce the benefits of a bipe's struts without the weight and complexity penalty of a second wing.
Had this discussion with Dean Pappas and Bobby Hunt and they are almost finished creating a contra-rotating twin for CL stunt. An F3A model would be straight forward to execute as well.
I also agree with the other responders that Silvestri's bipe is a good looker. Hopefully it flies as good as it looks
MattK
WOW . . that brings about a whole new thought process . .
Not sure about the weight of motors out on the wings though. I think the idea has been to get the 'outboard' wing weight down to reduce momentum in rolls (points, and snaps), etc. . .
Then there's the possible yaw effect, OR reduced ability to yaw ? I know that some twin pilots have mixed rudder to throttle to increase the speed of one motor more than the other in turns . . .
Hmmmmm . . It would all do my head in, I think [
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Cheers, JB