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small craft for oversize pilots like me ;-)

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erkki67

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I've always liked the smaller planes, the Ranger, Airbike, CriCri and so on.

But to lift my weight, I need wing surface, as much as I can get from an existing wingspan.

One of the first Zenair's was using a wing made of the more or less rigid D-Cell LE structure, while the aft was made of sailcloth.

How to make a wrapping control system for Roll and Pitch , with ta D-Cell leading edge.

The sail could have battens to stabilize the airfoil.

Would a control system that acts on the camber of the sail be effective to control a 3-axis airplane?
 
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