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  1. nestofdragons

    Flying wing as cheap and simple option for basic fun flying.

    Do not copy the airfoil of the Opal Facet! Even the designer said he would alter it if possible.
  2. nestofdragons

    Concepts only: Doodles without numbers

    If you want to keep it all very small in dimensions, why not consider a Flying Flea concept. If you don't know about it, go visit my website. It is a tandemwing. So two wings but not as a bi-plane but one wing after the other. The Flying Flea has the rear wing lower than the front wing. Rear...
  3. nestofdragons

    Concepts only: Doodles without numbers

    i wonder if the short coupled steering of a flying plank is good for something that is so wobbly on water. Anyway ... i like all flying plank designs. I just love them. Adding extending floats is a good idea for seaplane, but ... here again the short coupled steering might not be enough for the...
  4. nestofdragons

    Early Navigation

    Go see the Mignet HM380. Two-seater.
  5. nestofdragons

    Early Navigation

    It is a Flying Flea design by Landray. You can see more pictures of that one at https://nestofdragons.net/flying-flea/existing-modifications/engines-engine-mounts/
  6. nestofdragons

    Tandemwings and CG range

    CG range can indeed enlarge by placing the wings more apart from each other. But i guess that also increases the torsion in the fuselage. Flying Fleas are notorious for those torsions. The Croses Airplume had hearable cracks in the composite fuselage. They had to reinforce it. I would use...
  7. nestofdragons

    Tandemwings and CG range

    Been following Flying Flea for maaaany years now. But while researching more tandemwings for my website i started wondering about the why's and if i could combine a few tandemwing-concepts i like. Flying Flea + Delanne + pusher + ultralight
  8. nestofdragons

    Tandemwings and CG range

    Focussing on tandemwings lately. And ... it still puzzles me. Tandemwings are labeled as being able to take more CG range, but ... Flying Fleas are very sensitive to CG placement. A bit too much backwards and you get in trouble. The Stileto by Ligetti also dropped due a CG too far backwards and...
  9. nestofdragons

    Tandem Wings

    Oh boy, i had another bad memory moment. The quote in this forum said “ If I did have to put a number on it, then I'd say a wing area ratio great than 2:1 (or 1:2) becomes lifting tail conventional or canard, not tandem.‘ So it is 2:1 or 1:2 and not 20%. Soooorryyy.
  10. nestofdragons

    Tandem Wings

    The bad inter war airforce of France was a mix of bad decisions of the gouvernement who lead the air force and the distrust of the airplane firm towards the gouvernement. They had horrible interwar medium bomber or bomber-fighter. But the SE100 came later after the gouvernement was taking...
  11. nestofdragons

    Tandem Wings

    I came accross this French pre-WW2 airplane. According to the "rule" found on this forum (wing area ratio above 20% is tandemwing) it is a tandemwing. But ... really on the edge. 23% wing area ratio. But it is very special. Not only the landing gear, but a very sleek fuselage. I like the looks...
  12. nestofdragons

    Airplane For Sale Flying Flea HM-160 Aluminum Project Pou du Cielistes LOOK at this!

    Guys, if i look at the sideview of the HM160 i start to think that this fuselage has more the looks of a HM293. That is good. It makes that the side area behind the CG gets larger. Gives more stability. I cannot tell if the wing loading ratio is changed by just seeing pictures. Is the wing...
  13. nestofdragons

    all metal ultralight

    Vne might be there to prevent idiots trying to loop it. The biplane is a slow flyer. That is visible. Don’t expect 100 mph Vne in such a construction. It is a sunday-fly-thing. Ideal for buzzing your home or church tower. Not intended for traveling. But ... you fly. 👍🏻
  14. nestofdragons

    Tandem Wings

    I just found pictures of this lesser known tandemwing. The Peyret Taupin. Several were made in serie production. I will try to gather more info about them and place them on my website.
  15. nestofdragons

    all metal ultralight

    I am pretty impressed by the DINGO. It comes with all holes pre-made. So ... it might look like a IKEA-airplane. I follow a few constructions lately and it seems to be super easy to build. They are exporting to USA too. Seems that they work together with a USA-dealer now...
  16. nestofdragons

    Tandem Wings

    I have seen in the past designs that many times it was also used just to reduce dimensions of a airplane. Nicest example of that is the Proteus. I got this answer when i asked about the reason why to choose tandemwing: "Well, the hangar door was one of the issues to use a tandemwing design for...
  17. nestofdragons

    Tandem Wings

    Hihi, found out they were already in my very first page about tandemwings on my website. Anyway ...thanks for mentioning them to me.
  18. nestofdragons

    Tandem Wings

    True. There were several unpowerd-unmanned tandemwings before Nenadovic. I know. I will add your examples to the early years section. I also want to make a page about the Flash which inspired Burt Rutan for his Quicky. It is fun to see many of my favorites being connected somehow.
  19. nestofdragons

    Tandem Wings

    It took me a while to finally understand how Henri Mignet got his idea to create a tandemwing. I read it in a article about Roland Payen (Which is probably mostly known for his canard or tandemwing Pa-100 racer or his Pa-22 which was captured by germans and was painted in german war-paint). He...
  20. nestofdragons

    Tandem Wings

    I really like how tandemwings can be made so small. If kept very basic they might be super easy to construct. If you don't trust the Flying Flea concept. Built it as a Delanne. They have fixed front wing and ailerons in the rear wing. Here just a example of a very basic tandemwing. Here drawn as...
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