After seeing my Bellyflopper, a club member suggested doing a SpaceX Starship that would flop.
After a few tries, I decided that a scale Starship is just too short to do a good flop. Interestingly, it did a pretty good forward glide, considering the stubby little "wings."
As with all my rapid prototyping, the body tube and fins are covered with packing tape and hot-glued on. The nose cone is 3D printed, single perimeter, using PLA.
After a few tries, I decided that a scale Starship is just too short to do a good flop. Interestingly, it did a pretty good forward glide, considering the stubby little "wings."
As with all my rapid prototyping, the body tube and fins are covered with packing tape and hot-glued on. The nose cone is 3D printed, single perimeter, using PLA.