Gabe Janssen
Gabe Janssen
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Merlin V2: Ultra-Efficient 3D Printed RC Airplane
Download Merlin V2 here:
cults3d.com/en/3d-model/gadget/merlin-v2-2560mm-long-range-fpv-platform
User Manual:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/j7mmz8o7xcm8joe0qh5vz/Merlin-V2-User-Manual.pdf?rlkey=h8fs1okaucg9q608kky00jy9l&st=6rqjamy2&dl=0
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Видео

Merlin V1 Early Morning Cruise
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Download Merlin here: cults3d.com/en/3d-model/gadget/merlin-1900mm-long-range-fpv-platform Recorded with a Gopro hero 8
1/21/24
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1/21/24
Low and Slow with the Titan Dynamics Eagle - 1.6m Long Range FPV Cruiser
Просмотров 211Год назад
This platform is a lot of fun to fly, and its super efficient as well. This is also my first plane to run Ardupilot. The autonomous functions are miles ahead of INAV, but I definitely prefer INAV's acro mode, it feels way sharper and more responsive overall. Airframe - Titan Dynamics Eagle www.titandynamics.org/3dhangar/p/titan-eagle Made from Overture LW-PLA Motors - Brotherhobby Avenger 2816 ...
CDRA Oct 14th Practice Session
Просмотров 111Год назад
CDRA Oct 14th Practice Session
Rifter 2 - Maiden Flight - 3D Printed FPV wing with pan servo
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.Год назад
www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?4223695-Rifter-Sabre-Scimitar-mini-sized-FPV-cruisers If you can't tell this was my first flight with a pan servo. I'm really glad I installed one, it makes for some really cool perspectives. This is a very nice platform for cruising or acro flying. I managed to reach an efficiency of 95 mAh/km or roughly 1.4Wh/km. Not bad at all considering the very non-e...
World's Fastest 3D Printed RC Plane? Titan Dynamics Tornado @ 257kmh/ 159mph
Просмотров 3,2 тыс.Год назад
www.titandynamics.org/3dhangar/p/titan-tornado 0:00 Intro 0:38 Battery Warmup 1:00 First Pass 1:16 Record Pass 1:54 Landing
FPV Planes are Fun - Titan Dynamics Tornado Park Flying Edit
Просмотров 1,5 тыс.Год назад
This flight was so much fun. Total flight time of 45 minutes. Motors - tmotor F80 (2408) 1900Kv Props - APC 7x5 ESCs - RMRC 65a 3-6s blheli_s FC - Matek f405 wte Servos - Emax ES08MAII GPS - RMRC mini 220 RX - crossfire nano pro VTX - rush tank solo, tbs triumph pro stubby Main FPV cam - foxeer t-rex Tail cam - runcam phoenix 2 HD cam - runcam 5 orange Battery - custom 4s2p li-ion, 8400mah
Titan Dynamics Tornado - maiden flight
Просмотров 3 тыс.Год назад
This plane is a lot of fun. These motors are a little undersized for efficiency but they seem to work fine otherwise. 1950Kv seems to be a perfect amount of power on 4s and 7". www.titandynamics.org/3dhangar/p/titan-tornado Made from polymaker LW-PLA and overture PETG. Motors - tmotor 2306.5 1950Kv Props - APC 7x5 ESCs - RMRC 65a 3-6s blheli_s FC - Matek f405 wte Servos - Emax ES08MAII GPS - RM...
FPV Drone with a flashlight - night time flying one pack
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.Год назад
quad Frame - ImpulseRC apex 6" Motors - FPVCycle 25mm 1870kv (80% motor limit) ESC - Holybro Tekko32 45a F3 FC - Foxeer 30x30 F7 RX - Crossfire Nano (immortal T antenna) VTX - Lumineer LUX Mini (RushFPV Tank Mini) Camera - Foxeer T-Rex Mini (20°) Antenna - TrueRC Singularity (MMCX 90°) Props - HQProp / Ethix K2 Battery - GNB 1100MaH 6s 130c HD cam - Gopro hero 7 black HD cam mount - own design ...
Long Range FPV Fail! - a Story of What Not to do
Просмотров 2622 года назад
Well this was my scariest FPV experience yet. I'm definitely going to build another one of these, possibly with the walksnail system.
My First FPV Wing - 3D Printed Gremlin FPV plank - Build Overview and Flight Footage
Просмотров 3,4 тыс.2 года назад
Build your own Gremlin: cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/gremlin-640mm-fpv-plank STL's for servo adapter and GPS mount: cults3d.com/en/3d-model/gadget/es9052md-adapter-and-gps-mount-for-the-gremlin-fpv-plank I'm really enjoying this plane. Flying it gives me a similar feeling to when I first started FPV quads, where every flight is something new, and simply completing a flight without crashing i...
Random FPV Edit
Просмотров 2382 года назад
Unfortunately I haven't had much time to make videos for this channel. Heres a little edit I put together. 6' Freestyle Frame - ImpulseRC apex 6" Motors - FPVCycle 25mm 1870kv (80% motor limit) ESC - Holybro Tekko32 45a F3 FC - Foxeer 30x30 F7 RX - Crossfire Nano (immortal T antenna) VTX - Lumineer LUX Mini (RushFPV Tank Mini) Camera - Foxeer T-Rex Mini (20°) Antenna - TrueRC Singularity (MMCX ...
New BeamNG.Drive update makes drifting easy - 0.25 Oversteer Assistant gameplay
Просмотров 7472 года назад
Short run with the new oversteer assistant feature in Beamng 0.25. Playing on a controller with this enabled feels like cheating. Car is a pessima with a turbocharged I5 from the RK engine mod. Makes roughly 500bhp.
Brushing off the Rust - Betaflight 4.3 FPV Freestyle
Просмотров 1812 года назад
Hopefully should have some more time for this channel now. Flashed a few of my quads over to Betaflight 4.3 RC6, running default everything except for rates and rpm filtering, and already flying better than I could ever get 4.2 to fly. Then again I such at tuning. Quads in this video: 6' Freestyle Frame - ImpulseRC apex 6" Motors - FPVCycle 25mm 1870kv (80% motor limit) ESC - Holybro Tekko32 45...
Snow City - FPV Freestyle/ Cinematic Edit
Просмотров 1362 года назад
Snow City - FPV Freestyle/ Cinematic Edit
Returning to Freestyle - New Quad in the Snow - FPV Freestyle
Просмотров 2303 года назад
Returning to Freestyle - New Quad in the Snow - FPV Freestyle
Fall colors - FPV
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Fall colors - FPV
ToomanylegosFPV IGOW3 week 12 - I ran out of time ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
Просмотров 903 года назад
ToomanylegosFPV IGOW3 week 12 - I ran out of time ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
ToomanylegosFPV IGOW3 week 11
Просмотров 953 года назад
ToomanylegosFPV IGOW3 week 11
ToomanylegosFPV IGOW 3 Week 10 - Powerloops and Matty Flips
Просмотров 973 года назад
ToomanylegosFPV IGOW 3 Week 10 - Powerloops and Matty Flips
Gyroflow 0.3.0 Beta Testing - Gopro Hero 7 Black 4k30fps FPV
Просмотров 1 тыс.3 года назад
Gyroflow 0.3.0 Beta Testing - Gopro Hero 7 Black 4k30fps FPV
Possibly the Coolest Spot I've Flown - FPVCycle 1s Babytooth (inspired by LRFPV)
Просмотров 2933 года назад
Possibly the Coolest Spot I've Flown - FPVCycle 1s Babytooth (inspired by LRFPV)
ToomanylegosFPV IGOW3 Week 9
Просмотров 1063 года назад
ToomanylegosFPV IGOW3 Week 9
ToomanylegosFPV Igow3 Week 8
Просмотров 1123 года назад
ToomanylegosFPV Igow3 Week 8
ToomanylegosFPV IGOW3 Week 7 - Dives
Просмотров 1323 года назад
ToomanylegosFPV IGOW3 Week 7 - Dives
Not the best spot for a maiden flight
Просмотров 3633 года назад
Not the best spot for a maiden flight
Powerlooping a Huge Tree / How to Kill a Camera - ToomanylegosFPV IGOW3 week 6
Просмотров 1023 года назад
Powerlooping a Huge Tree / How to Kill a Camera - ToomanylegosFPV IGOW3 week 6
Rebuilding a Wrecked Quad - FPVCycle Prototype 5, T-Motor F40 Pro IV
Просмотров 4003 года назад
Rebuilding a Wrecked Quad - FPVCycle Prototype 5, T-Motor F40 Pro IV
Why You Should ALWAYS Warmup Before You Fly FPV Freestyle
Просмотров 7 тыс.3 года назад
Why You Should ALWAYS Warmup Before You Fly FPV Freestyle

Комментарии

  • @muhammadnurbijakbestari8613
    @muhammadnurbijakbestari8613 2 дня назад

    Would u share how to make it, like the 3d sketch?

  • @hikkks
    @hikkks 3 дня назад

    I like it... maybe nice addition to our drones. Wht about a flir camra as payload?

  • @trafton00
    @trafton00 3 дня назад

    This is the best looking “efficient” long range design.

  • @lolsborn
    @lolsborn 6 дней назад

    This is a beautiful plane.

  • @Mike-Bell
    @Mike-Bell 6 дней назад

    Beautiful elegant lines 🧡

  • @siniy2007
    @siniy2007 12 дней назад

    Красивый самолет

  • @habiks
    @habiks 12 дней назад

    Too bad model is not optimized for active foam lw-pla... would have buy it; this way it's just "yet another" 3d printed uav.

    • @whocarescrapsa
      @whocarescrapsa 10 дней назад

      I can't get pre-foamed locally so epoxy resin has become my friend.

  • @cutefoxRC
    @cutefoxRC 13 дней назад

    Nice, finally big enough 3d printed plane. Didn't know it can be light enough to fly :) but i guess this takes quite long time to print, which is a bit of demotivation for me, haha.

    • @Phoen1x883
      @Phoen1x883 13 дней назад

      Long print times are the best! Even lying on my ass watching TV, I can tell myself the printer's running so I'm still making progress on the build 😆

  • @zvx7373
    @zvx7373 13 дней назад

    Type of camera ?

  • @jacobdavidcunningham1440
    @jacobdavidcunningham1440 14 дней назад

    0:33 all the batteries 1:45 oh that's neat the shake gesture to launch 1:50 anhedral?

  • @N9197U
    @N9197U 14 дней назад

    CFD for a homemade RC plane is next level

  • @colmanoceanracing
    @colmanoceanracing 14 дней назад

    Meanwhile New Jersey goes nuts!

  • @ROBERTLAYTON-ff3nn
    @ROBERTLAYTON-ff3nn 15 дней назад

    Fantastic plane I'm currently printing it in pteg, could do with t and g joints on wings

  • @SFPFPV
    @SFPFPV 15 дней назад

    Looks great, what is Cd?

  • @tomblackburn6781
    @tomblackburn6781 16 дней назад

    Really nice design

  • @steveop2879
    @steveop2879 16 дней назад

    how long did it take you to design the whole aircraft ??

    • @gabejanssen4826
      @gabejanssen4826 15 дней назад

      I didn't really track how many hours went into this, but its been a backburner project of mine for about 4 months. If I had to guess I would say I put in maybe 200 hours of work from project ideation to the point of this video

  • @JeffXu-f9p
    @JeffXu-f9p 16 дней назад

    Can I ask which airfoil you are using? Is it NACA 2412 or another one?

    • @thesaltyschmuck1924
      @thesaltyschmuck1924 15 дней назад

      According to another comment of OP's, it is a mix of NACA 4409, 3408, and 2407 throughout the wing

  • @Johow
    @Johow 16 дней назад

    What Filament is it? An "Aero" filament?

    • @gabejanssen4826
      @gabejanssen4826 15 дней назад

      This is mostly pre-foamed LW-PLA, with some parts in TPU or PETG

  • @weirdsciencetv4999
    @weirdsciencetv4999 17 дней назад

    I would buy on cults if EDF version. I am also looking for decent BWB and tandem box wing.

  • @mtbeyker9404
    @mtbeyker9404 17 дней назад

    Wow, this thinf has some speed

  • @collinmccallum
    @collinmccallum 17 дней назад

    amazing!

  • @fanatic_joka
    @fanatic_joka 18 дней назад

    Wow... have you made some experience with the ASA Aero Filament from Bambu ? could be worth a try

  • @_BL4CKB1RD_
    @_BL4CKB1RD_ 19 дней назад

    This is so impressive

  • @soaringkhaled
    @soaringkhaled 19 дней назад

    Twin motors were armed at launch speed by shaking the plane along the roll axis ... clever indeed

  • @paulmalovanyi5291
    @paulmalovanyi5291 19 дней назад

    It looks beautifully! Great job, Gabe. How long it takes to print all the parts (it depends of lot of factors, but anyway)? What printer do you have and how much material was used (approx)?

    • @gabejanssen4826
      @gabejanssen4826 19 дней назад

      I would say around 90 print hours with my ender 3 S1, with a majority of the operations being between 5-10 hours. The design uses about 100g of TPU, 100g of PETG, and 1250g of LW-PLA.

  • @mihauok1
    @mihauok1 19 дней назад

    Pls send me files for free thank you

  • @Zoey_the_Rat
    @Zoey_the_Rat 19 дней назад

    I paused at the moment you showed OSD and was likw "WTF?! 70kph at 1 amp?" And then realized it's in a dive😅 Still, impressive consumption numbers, especially for such a heavy bird

  • @owengrossman1414
    @owengrossman1414 20 дней назад

    It seems to me that a high efficiency plane should have an inverted V tail. It wouldn’t have the adverse roll in the turns to counteract so it would need less aileron deflection.

    • @gabejanssen4826
      @gabejanssen4826 20 дней назад

      That's correct, inverted V-tails are generally superior in terms of flight dynamics. Unfortunately its hard to make a durable inverted V-tail without doing a twin boom design, which would likely introduce more drag. Also, during high efficiency flights you probably aren't doing tight maneuvers frequently enough for adverse roll to have a significant effect on efficiency. Although I could see the affect being more noticeable in gusting winds.

    • @waywardscythe3358
      @waywardscythe3358 14 дней назад

      @@gabejanssen4826 It'd still be more drag in absolute terms but you could probably minimize the amount of drag from an inverted V-tail by taking advantage of the ability to print complex curving structural elements. Either by having a smooth fork of the main tail to support the stabilizers, or by curving a single tail upwards like a whales tail to hold the bottoms of the stabilizers above the ground during landings. could even get weird with it and make a three pronged forked fuselage that supports all three points of the stabilizers.

  • @vanrcmodelucak6565
    @vanrcmodelucak6565 20 дней назад

    Süper dilo

  • @IanF-FPV
    @IanF-FPV 20 дней назад

    4amps at over 60 kph is amazing. What is the mah consumption per km?

    • @gabejanssen4826
      @gabejanssen4826 20 дней назад

      The config shown flying in the video was just under 5kg all up weight, and it gets an efficiency of about 1.96Wh/ km. So roughly 92mah/km on a 6s Li-ion battery.

    • @IanF-FPV
      @IanF-FPV 19 дней назад

      @ not too bad..is that at 60kph? If so can you fly slower for better numbers?

    • @gabejanssen4826
      @gabejanssen4826 18 дней назад

      Optimal cruise speed at that weight is about 65kmh. Flying slower does decrease power draw which would increase endurance, however range goes by a function of speed divided by power draw. So it’s more about finding a balance between low power draw and high speed.

    • @IanF-FPV
      @IanF-FPV 18 дней назад

      @@gabejanssen4826 I really appreciate you answering my questions. I might consider building it after I finish my first 3D printed plane from Eclipson. I just wish the durability of this LW-PLA was better.

    • @whocarescrapsa
      @whocarescrapsa 10 дней назад

      @@IanF-FPV A couple of epoxy resin layers doesn't add too much weight and strengthens it a lot. I can't get pre-foamed locally and the active-foaming is like paper.

  • @TymekSondel
    @TymekSondel 20 дней назад

    That looks awesome, damn!

  • @ChristophBackhaus
    @ChristophBackhaus 20 дней назад

    I do not understand why now that we have 3D printing we are still building planes that look like this. I mean this body design was made that way because we transport people and we controlled the plane from a cockpit.

    • @gabejanssen4826
      @gabejanssen4826 20 дней назад

      What would you suggest instead? There are a lot of reasons for this layout including weight distribution, diversity in battery/ payload options, ease of launch/ landing, aerodynamic stability, etc. Not trying to be argumentative, just saying there are more reasons beyond ‘this is what we’ve always done’.

  • @dark_matter8420
    @dark_matter8420 20 дней назад

    Awesome build, what a monster! Love the wing bays, such a cool way to make use of the large wing size. The only gripe I have with the design is the fact that it has a non-continuous spar. From a structural point of view, this can be a little precarious. But considering you have an incredibly low wing loading anyways, it's likely not going to be an issue. I would expect you made this design choice because you couldn't source long enough carbon tubes to go the entire span?

    • @gabejanssen4826
      @gabejanssen4826 20 дней назад

      Yep! Sourcing carbon fiber tubes longer than 1 meter is not easy, not to mention the shipping costs would likely be ridiculous. The combination of twist and taper in this wing would also make it difficult to do full length spars.

    • @dark_matter8420
      @dark_matter8420 20 дней назад

      @@gabejanssen4826 Yeah, I usually limit my designs to what I can source without excessive costs like that. I presume you have some downward twist towards the wingtips to prevent tipstalling at high angles of attack?

    • @gabejanssen4826
      @gabejanssen4826 20 дней назад

      Yeah, though only a little at about 3 degrees total twist. Elliptical lift distribution is achieved in this design by morphing the airfoil along the span, one of the many unique things 3D printing allows for in wing design.

    • @jazzersky
      @jazzersky 15 дней назад

      @@gabejanssen4826 Some classic glider design solve this by inserting one step smaler diameter CF tude, which is also more weight and dimension optimal, since the profile at 1m from the wing root is usualy quite smaller.

  • @jailbreaker010
    @jailbreaker010 20 дней назад

    Bravo!

  • @saurabhtyagi9231
    @saurabhtyagi9231 20 дней назад

    Which airfoils did you use?

  • @pathfinder.george
    @pathfinder.george 21 день назад

    Awesome work! Thanks for sharing

  • @bradpresley1218
    @bradpresley1218 21 день назад

    Dude that is sweet

  • @johnnyjohnson6771
    @johnnyjohnson6771 21 день назад

    Bravo! I started flying R/C in the 70's and have been away from the hobby for 25 years and just now getting back into the hobby. I am shocked at the sheer number of poorly designed aircraft in the hobby market. We did not have this problem in the 70's through about mid 90's. Without knowing anything about you, you obviously are tied tightly with true aeronautical design principles. You need to put this design into production.........

    • @kevintieman3616
      @kevintieman3616 20 дней назад

      Of course nowadays with cheap efficiënt power systems (lipo’s and brushless motor’s) there is no need for efficiënt airframes if you only need to fly 10 minutes or less.

    • @CrystlizeWorld
      @CrystlizeWorld 19 дней назад

      60 bucks for an stl, had this guy heard of flightory?

    • @jotham123
      @jotham123 17 дней назад

      ​@@CrystlizeWorldif you have a remote idea of how many hours go into designing, testing, proving, iterating again, validating, writing instructions, making videos, configuring the build.. etc, properly... Price is ok.

  • @BabaYagaFPV
    @BabaYagaFPV 21 день назад

    Wow love the wingspan size and battery capacity. You using the lw-pla or lw-asa?

    • @gabejanssen4826
      @gabejanssen4826 21 день назад

      Thanks! This was made from prefoamed LW-PLA with select parts in PETG or TPU

  • @KerniFPV
    @KerniFPV 21 день назад

    such a cool project so many questions, would love to see more flight footage!! In what 3d program did you design that beauty?

  • @andreyl2705
    @andreyl2705 22 дня назад

    awesome)

  • @MrDRBlackBird
    @MrDRBlackBird 22 дня назад

    Very well done. Wouldn't pouch batteries have a better energy-to-weight ratio than 21700 (steel cylinder housing)? Have you ever looked into whether winglets/sharklets have a positive effect on performance at model scale?

    • @gabejanssen4826
      @gabejanssen4826 21 день назад

      You definitely could find pouch cells with better performance, Tattu has some new Li-NMC batteries which beat most 21700 cells in terms of energy density. Amprius has their silicone anode stuff as well if you want to go all out. Unfortunately though those packs are way outside my (and most hobbyists) price range, and sourcing your own pouch cells to build a decent performing pack seems difficult. Basically, 21700 cells are cheaper and easier to source. I haven’t done any empirical testing or analysis on the effect of winglets, but my experience says they probably don’t make a noticeable difference. The reynolds numbers involved at this scale are just so much smaller than most general aviation and especially passenger jets.

    • @dark_matter8420
      @dark_matter8420 20 дней назад

      @@gabejanssen4826 This is true! Considering your long spawn and generally high aspect ratio, winglets won't have any practical benefits. They're not really that useful in RC scales anyways, because like you said, the low Reynolds numbers.

  • @miestermind
    @miestermind 22 дня назад

    Gabe. How can i reach you? I have been working on a few things i think it would be interesting to collaborate! The twin engine setup is pretty slick and i like the amount of internal space.

  • @miestermind
    @miestermind 22 дня назад

    What was your final endurance time with its all up weight?

    • @gabejanssen4826
      @gabejanssen4826 22 дня назад

      I have yet to do a full endurance test, but from my testing it should be able to achieve around 5.25 hours with a 6s6p samsung 50e pack. This design could also handle even bigger batteries.

    • @gabejanssen4826
      @gabejanssen4826 22 дня назад

      That was at an all up weight of about 4.8kg, max weight I would recommend is 6.5kg.

    • @s3tthunderbolt99
      @s3tthunderbolt99 22 дня назад

      STLs available? ​@gabejanssen4826

    • @gabejanssen4826
      @gabejanssen4826 22 дня назад

      Yep! Check the description

  • @陳謹揚-q7e
    @陳謹揚-q7e 22 дня назад

    how did you do that

  • @jeancastay1414
    @jeancastay1414 22 дня назад

    what a cool plane, a full PLA version would not be stronger overall even if it increases a bit the weight?

    • @gabejanssen4826
      @gabejanssen4826 22 дня назад

      It would increase the strength, but the weight increase would hurt the performance. When a 3d printed plane crashes, it will almost definitely break no matter what filament it is made from, so IMO it is better to make it as light as possible rather than chasing durability with heavier materials.

    • @陳謹揚-q7e
      @陳謹揚-q7e 22 дня назад

      @@gabejanssen4826 you use IMO or LWPLA?

    • @jeancastay1414
      @jeancastay1414 21 день назад

      @ thanks for your kind reply

  • @yuraaero9311
    @yuraaero9311 22 дня назад

    Awesome design! I suppose it's around 5A in cruise, good result. Recently I designed similar twin motor plane, very stable scheme(have some videos on my channel. Which wing and tail profiles you have used?

    • @gabejanssen4826
      @gabejanssen4826 22 дня назад

      I used a NACA 4409, 3408, and 2407 throughout the wing. It was very challenging to support such a thin airfoil but it payed off greatly in efficiency

  • @anujregmi4582
    @anujregmi4582 22 дня назад

    which CFD you used

  • @alexsohn2474
    @alexsohn2474 22 дня назад

    How did you decide upon the dimensional requirements, (overall length, width). Is it just what would fit in your car? Did you design the longest wing that would fit? Or were you more worried about the segmentation from the printer volume, and kept it to a lower number of segments to increase structural integrity?

    • @gabejanssen4826
      @gabejanssen4826 22 дня назад

      Merlin V1 was developed with the constraint of 2 meter wingspan and 1 meter length which was the biggest that could fit in my car. However that plane ended up not performing to my liking with my 6s6p samsung 50e pack I intended to run. So instead I developed Merlin V2 without the size restriction and focused on achieving better flight characteristics with that heavy pack, which led me to a higher aspect ratio, bigger wing area, thinner airfoil, and a bunch of other changes. Overall V2 has a roughly 17% increase in efficiency while also lowering the stall speed compared to V1.

  • @PDWhite
    @PDWhite 22 дня назад

    What CFD program did you use? What was the lift to drag?

    • @gabejanssen4826
      @gabejanssen4826 22 дня назад

      I used XFLR5 and OpenVSP for the initial design, with verification in Fluent later in the development process. The maximum L/D of the whole airplane was predicted to be 19.41:1 at 2.1 degrees AOA