There are some new design ideas I’ve been interested in trying out with my longtime hobby of RC aircraft. I also recently found some great Aircraft Design and Analysis software ( XFLR5 ) to aid in creating these things, it is fabulous. I’ve had a lot of airplanes immediately crash on their maiden flight but now I’ve finally developed an approach to make these things a success from their first flight. I plan to write more in depth on the calculations, analysis, and concepts, involved shortly but here is an update of my progress.
I cut some corners with the first prototype as it has been a few years since I moved from fixed wing to building drones (tricopters, bicopters, quadcopters, hexacopters, etc…)
But now that I’ve recently revisited fixed wings after taking flight lessons and paragliding certification, there’s even more I’m appreciating about flying them. Here’s an overview of the design, analysis and builds.