Flying an Experiment STOL Concept Plane!
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- In this video, I build and fly a crazy STOL plane design! It uses a combination of slotted flaps and spoilers to achieve super slow speed flight and crazy steep descents!
We also had a meetup with @TailHeavyProductions to test out my plane against some steep competition. We had a lot of fun making this video, so enjoy!
“I just made this fuselage very quickly” dude that thing is beautiful.
Holy shit I've only ever dreamed of someone doing complex rc wing articulation like this.
Those wings are really nice. You've got a lot of room to wiggle out weight from the fuselage. Remember that your opponent there is using a skin to cover gaps, and you can do that too in many places.
Of course. It actually turned out where the wing was super heavy and the fuselage super light (for the size). All those complex mechanisms in the wing made it super heavy but the fuselage is just empty space for the most part!
@floppyhobbies that makes sense. Would making huge rectangle holes in the solid section of the wing, then skinning it over make a difference? Can add some bracing if needed, but probably only a couple max. That wing is so cool looking, I am super jealous.
@@williamfawkes8379 I don't think that would make a huge difference to be honest. The weight of foamboard per square inch is actually super low, especially since if you take the paper off you remove 70% of the weight. It's so light that it's almost as light as covering! The heavy part is any glue joint (hot glue is heavy), and the cardstock skin I'm using for the flaps which is heavier than foamboard per square inch. So the fact that I had lots of small ribs in the wing and complicated multi-layer cardstock skins for the spoilers and flaps really added on to the weight.
TLDR: I wouldn't be able to poke holes in anything heavy, since it needs to be that complicated shape, and anywhere I could make an opening wouldn't actually be responsible for much weight and wouldn't be worth the effort.
That all being said, I'm working on a building technique to more closely mirror covered balsa, with foam taking balsa's place and using covering over foam ribs. Keep an eye out on the channel, it'll definitely appear on a project at some point in the future if it turns out to be a worthwhile technique!
Brilliant.
Well done, sir.
ksp music on a crafting video, love it!
I’m so glad I found your channel through tail heavy! Great work! Love your energy, enthusiasm, and work. ☺️
Absolutely brilliant ! Great job Dude ! 😉🙃😎 NZ
The greatest man-made wing to ever taste air! Changing an aircraft's flight characteristics by changing it's wing shape! Just like the birds do!
LOL ... Love this stuff ... it's when you go nuts you learn something. Win some lose some.
It looks like something Mike Patey would design! Beautiful!!
Oh I can start to feel a Mike Patey vibe with this one!
I'm no RC guy, but maybe you can build a magnetic battery connection that clicks together like the older microsoft surface tablet charge cords. Apple may be doing something like that as well. They also have some magnetic clasps for various ski helmets. Anyways, the idea was a bit of a whim after seeing you struggle with the battery connection. Appreciate the content!
the ksp music goes hard to this build. good choice lol
This is great! Nice development, good footage, funny video, keep at it!
Nice build.. Happy landings!
nice wing mechanism there, but the low polygonized fuselage is also impressive!
“Thats some serious delta” - Made me laugh. BTW: Great Job!
is that the KSP build music? Beautiful
I want to take it a step further. Vacuum formed leading edge. Carbon fiber spars and monokote sheeting. If those V2 plans ever get released, I'll start work on building one.
That is sick. The million-dollar Bionic Wing, lol. THP makes great videos. I love their stuff. Where are you guys located? The Bay Area? I think it would benefit from a larger Horizontal stabilizer and Elevator.
For sure, we noticed it ran out of elevator authority before it was at the alpha we wanted. Notes for the next design!
nice work!
Very cool
went so far to get proper flaps but no slats :(
Yeah boy! Sick
I believe NASA had a full-size aircraft using this called the MAW mission adaptive wing.
This is an awesome design! I've wondered how a design like this would do in foamboard. Any plans to share the plans/designs for this plane?
The plans are a total mess right now, some parts have plans and other parts I just made up on the spot as I was building it. I would like to make a V2 at some point, and I'll probably make better plans for that. No idea when I'll get around to doing that though lol.
The tail is not happy….. it’s flutter.. lol. 🇺🇸👍🙋♂️🖖🏻
Can achieve the same characteristic's with a flat foam board, and this is before digital radio's being able to mix the channels. All I had was a two channel mixer board. but enjoyed the unique, experimental designs
also tilt the motor 1-2 degrees to the right to reduce p torque. this is because you use an electric motor. the induced drag on the flaps will increase the issue.
if you do this you can perform high alpha maneuver's.
Great job with that!
Wow
Sometimes one thumbs up is not enough. For some reason I get my jollys from slow flight and this buid seems to defy the laws of physics.
Would moving the main gear forward a 1/4 of an inch help ground handling? I hope hobbie grade manufacturers are watching you.
Fly it like you STOL it.
Cheers
KSP VAB music :catjam:
or SPH, but VAB is a more recognisable acronym, and technically the SPH is also a VAB
I have a TX 16 too, how do you program the spoilers? I have a large sailplane that I want to do that to, rudder alone isn't enough on breezy days.
thought i had ksp open in the background lol
your top speed brake needs to overlap with the controllable flaps. that's why it tipped forward as it provided downforce before the cg.
it will reduce control efficiency in terms of energy retention so you might need a larger battery.
if you want an easy fix, bend the gear slightly forward increasing the rake and reducing drag. it will increase speed and allow for a larger battery aft cg.
Someone had been watching MP 😂 Spoiler alert - I don’t quite understand the practical application of the spoiler but I guess it’s an interesting experiment.
If you look at 12:43 , you can see Zach use the spoilers for their intended use. He's able to descend almost straight down while still retaining control. I imagine it could be used to land in areas where you're too hemmed in by trees to make a normal approach work. Either way, I think it looks cool!
cool stuff! :D you should check my 4m PC6 with 5,6kg takeoffweight
you lost because you don't have leading edge slats.... Full Span Spoilerons is maybe excessive... perhaps a staged opening sequence would be more user friendly... (for round 2) but nicely done!
Does Brian with the M79 STOL-RC aircraft have a RUclips channel? Thanks.
Unfortunately not.
What laser are you using?
I use a glowforge.
not exactly a concept if its been done to death in Alaska. Just saying.