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I've done a profile X-24 that flew as both a rocket glider and a pusher electric. It was a bit heavier than I wanted and the span is so short that it tends to shimmy in roll a bit(blowout in damper 3....) it flew fine but I wanted to re-visit it. I really prefer the look of the HL-10, so I widened the chord of the wing, pushed the motor forward, and got something that weighs 12.5 oz rtf but that has about twice the wing area, about 4 oz/sq foot wing loading. Wingspan is 24", length is 31". The HL-10 scale wing would be a 20" span.
It's not exactly either of the planes, sort of a mashup, but I think it has the lifting body look. I did a bunch of glide tests in the house and I think I have a reasonable starting point for boost at 25% MAC. Tom-Cat Cruise is checking it out, he's torn in doing the test flight, if it works great, if it doesn't work bionics could be cool....
Frank
It's not exactly either of the planes, sort of a mashup, but I think it has the lifting body look. I did a bunch of glide tests in the house and I think I have a reasonable starting point for boost at 25% MAC. Tom-Cat Cruise is checking it out, he's torn in doing the test flight, if it works great, if it doesn't work bionics could be cool....
Frank
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