balsa wood glider
 

I need to design a balsa wood glider for a competition, and I would like any input anyone has. The contest is based on the longest flight time. I am restricted to using balsa wood, modeling clay, glue, and two 2 square inch stickers. The plane will be launched by a rubber band catapult and there are no restrictions on size nor weight. I mentioned the stickers because I thought I could try a folding wing design similar to Guillow's http://www.guillow.com/GuillowDetail...=12&FamilyId=2. Any advice on wing shape, wing placement, canard vs. horizontal stabilizer vs. T-tail or any thing at all is greatly appreciated.

RE: balsa wood glider
 

V tail would lower your drag coefficient. Build the wing with plenty of dihedral, and as large and light as possible.

RE: balsa wood glider
 

benashby:

Some ideas here:

http://www.xoomee.com/airlinks.htm

http://www.americanjuniorclassics.co...ptorpatent.htm

http://smallflyingarts.com/Free_Plans/free_plans.htm

http://www.dvetter.com/FF/

http://freeflight.org/jlf/beginners_...g/foam_hlg.htm

Regards!