evildave42
Active Member
- Joined
- Jan 23, 2013
- Messages
- 37
- Reaction score
- 2
This is the F-15 Thunderwing Mk. II radio controlled rocket glider!
Well I'm taking some advice from someone at the rocket club and "winging it", pun intended. It is based on Wernher Von Braun's space plane as it was featured in Disney's 1955 "Man in Space" program.
It has a span of 62 inches and will be launched on a G sized rocket motor to a couple hundred feet and glide back down. It will also sport an 18mm C sized motor that can be triggered in flight to give it a small boost and prolong the flight.
The wings are made of foam-core board and the body is from a damaged Estes Leviathan. It will have a T-tail and fixed landing gear.
Still open to suggestions.
I also have a build log on RCGroups: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2376537#post31142973
Well I'm taking some advice from someone at the rocket club and "winging it", pun intended. It is based on Wernher Von Braun's space plane as it was featured in Disney's 1955 "Man in Space" program.
It has a span of 62 inches and will be launched on a G sized rocket motor to a couple hundred feet and glide back down. It will also sport an 18mm C sized motor that can be triggered in flight to give it a small boost and prolong the flight.
The wings are made of foam-core board and the body is from a damaged Estes Leviathan. It will have a T-tail and fixed landing gear.
Still open to suggestions.
I also have a build log on RCGroups: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2376537#post31142973
