Has anyone converted the Space Clipper model found here: https://jleslie48.com/gallery_models_other.html for flight?
Could it be as simple as inserting a body tube up the spine and stiffening the wings?
It would be a fun trick to have it use glide recovery, but I am not sure if the wing area is great enough.
Time for a few non-powered flight tests. If I can get it to nose over and glide with an expended motor in it that will be half the battle. If it won't glide as a rocket I'll try for a parasite glider design. I really don't want to have to go with a streamer or parachute recovery. It's a plane after all.
Could it be as simple as inserting a body tube up the spine and stiffening the wings?
It would be a fun trick to have it use glide recovery, but I am not sure if the wing area is great enough.
Time for a few non-powered flight tests. If I can get it to nose over and glide with an expended motor in it that will be half the battle. If it won't glide as a rocket I'll try for a parasite glider design. I really don't want to have to go with a streamer or parachute recovery. It's a plane after all.