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A LOC "Park Flyer" Magnum came my way. I am not a fan of the name (there is a whole thread on that), and I am gonna build it for HPR, especially the new H13.
What is up with the fins? They look very small, and what is the purpose of the extended root tab? It does nothing. The only thing I can think of is that LOC has only one pattern of body tube fin slots for the entire Park Flyer series, and the tab is to just fill in the excess slot opening on some variants. I'd rather have a bigger fin that uses the entire slot length.
The nose cone weighs a frickin' ton, so that may help the CG/CP relationship of the puny fins. I'll work it up in RockSim and see what the stability looks like.
What is up with the fins? They look very small, and what is the purpose of the extended root tab? It does nothing. The only thing I can think of is that LOC has only one pattern of body tube fin slots for the entire Park Flyer series, and the tab is to just fill in the excess slot opening on some variants. I'd rather have a bigger fin that uses the entire slot length.
The nose cone weighs a frickin' ton, so that may help the CG/CP relationship of the puny fins. I'll work it up in RockSim and see what the stability looks like.