deskpilot
Well-Known Member
This is a new one for my 'stable'. Something a little different and an update on a suggestion to Mark Skull of Ringtail fame.
VT (Vectored Thrust) - ICE ( Inverted Chunnel {CHannel/tUNNEL} Experimental.
Why? why not. The channel or tunnel wing was a successful design in it's day but didn't survive due to cost and complexity. I've inverted and modified it to bring the center of lift forward a bit without having the wing tips so far forward that you loose sight of the airstrip in a turn. It will also keep the sun off your bonce at times.
VT? Gotta try something new. As for gyroscopic problems....a pair of contra-rotating props should cancel each other out, and to get get around the 'one engine, one prop argument' (Australian rule), it's a single propulsion system on a common shaft.
Nay Sayers will no doubt raise the question of it falling off etc. No more dangerous than a helo or gyro plane. If their 'Jesus nut' comes off..................................
You may also note that my model has finally taken on some nice curves. Amazing what you can learn by reading the rules.
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VT (Vectored Thrust) - ICE ( Inverted Chunnel {CHannel/tUNNEL} Experimental.
Why? why not. The channel or tunnel wing was a successful design in it's day but didn't survive due to cost and complexity. I've inverted and modified it to bring the center of lift forward a bit without having the wing tips so far forward that you loose sight of the airstrip in a turn. It will also keep the sun off your bonce at times.
VT? Gotta try something new. As for gyroscopic problems....a pair of contra-rotating props should cancel each other out, and to get get around the 'one engine, one prop argument' (Australian rule), it's a single propulsion system on a common shaft.
Nay Sayers will no doubt raise the question of it falling off etc. No more dangerous than a helo or gyro plane. If their 'Jesus nut' comes off..................................
You may also note that my model has finally taken on some nice curves. Amazing what you can learn by reading the rules.
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