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Characteristics of a straight-wing, tailless model in the Langley free-flight tunnel

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nickec

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Determination of the stability and control characteristics of a straight-wing, tailless fighter-airplane model in the Langley free-flight tunnel

Inspired by the above document, I plan to use this thread to describe a very light, very small, all metal aircraft.

The design will attempt to emulate the Davis DA-11 in size and performance - while being very slightly less heavy.

I will use a spreadsheet to check weight and balance.

My initial assumption is that since the DA-11 "worked" a flying wing derivation can "work". The NACA study seems to support this conjecture.
 
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