The Arrow - A Sneak Peek at our new wing project.

[Wayne]

Interesting, but not correct.

I'm not a big fan of winglets for most planes, even my combat wings, but in the case of the arrow (or whatever we end up calling this model) it can be very beneficial. We will be looking into this during the prototype testing.

 

[DonnieQ]

Yes, true flaps, functions like a normal flapped model.

Fuselage pod is still a question mark. Prototype moving forward.iMO

The POD fuselage actually helps the isobars to be bunched in the mid-wing area, which is exactly what you want in a flying wing.

Winglets are not a good idea unless you get over 6M span.

Cheers,

Doc.

Having flaps or anything to help lose some energy on landing will be nice. That the one tough thing with the z1 is to remember to land before it gets too windy. Even up around 12mph it can be tough at places like sunset to lose enough speed to safely land.

How do I say “flaps are overkill” in a nice way.

More servos/wiring!!/ weight/time, …granted flaps are very cool, …I opted not to on
my Z-1. Very happy
Keep up the good energy Wayne!
Ps…that sunset landing area is a test we can all relish passing. Flaps don’t insure the process. IMO

 

[Wayne]

LOL - Landing a heavy and clean model at Sunset is challenging. I have a light plane with flaps and enjoy the heck out of playing with it at the landing area at Sunset. I have another similar model with no flaps, and I do not enjoy playing with it in the landing area. LOL

I used to have a D60 that only had about 30 degrees of down flap, and being an older D60 it had small flaps too. What a pain it was to land at Tick Point. Every landing was probably at 50mph. I remember one time the nose got under some weedy vine during a hot landing and it ripped out the entire weed and still had enough energy to shoot off the end of the cliff and continue flying with the weed wrapped around the fuselage. The next pass was better with the added drag from the weed.

 

[Wayne]

Prototype is together!!

 

[Yotaman1985]

That looks AWESOME! Cant wait to check it out in person

 

[Red]

It appears to be bigger than the Z1. Is that the case or did miss it?

 

[thenated0g]

yeah thats pretty awesome

 

[Wayne]

It appears to be bigger than the Z1. Is that the case or did miss it?

It sure looks big in the photo doesn't it? We had the same thoughts.

 

[Wayne]

Center joiners

 

[thenated0g]

crap ..... im going to have to buy one of those

 

[Yotaman1985]

crap ..... im going to have to buy one of those

I know... Its on my list too now

 

[slopenutz]

Sign me up (if such a list exists)!!! I would love to be the first guy on the east coast to put this through the paces.

 

[slopenutz]

Any update on this fine ship? It’s not like you’ve had anything happening in the past few weeks (Sunset). Haha.

 

[Hoqiam]

I am in the Newport News, VA area, where are you slope flying?

Tom

 

[Wayne]

We sent the prototype to Austria to have one of the two flying wing "gods" give the shake down build and feedback. But the first God does not seem to have a slot in his schedule, so checking in with the second God. If he is busy also, then I'm going to have the model sent to me and you all will just have to deal with a normal human messing around with the prototype. I don't want this model to collect dust. Mario has done a great job with the design and airfoils and VP did an excellent job bringing the design to life. She now needs to fly.

 

[Hawaii Sloper]

Prototype is together!!
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Daaaamn…….

 

[Hawaii Sloper]

crap ..... im going to have to buy one of those

I’m going to have to trade in the Z-1 I bought from @Wayne just before Sunset this year….

 

[Hawaii Sloper]

We sent the prototype to Austria to have one of the two flying wing "gods" give the shake down build and feedback. But the first God does not seem to have a slot in his schedule, so checking in with the second God. If he is busy also, then I'm going to have the model sent to me and you all will just have to deal with a normal human messing around with the prototype. I don't want this model to collect dust. Mario has done a great job with the design and airfoils and VP did an excellent job bringing the design to life. She now needs to fly.

Any idea on the approximate price range?
Also love the color scheme! I’ll take one in fluoro orange and black please

 

[Wayne]

No idea on cost yet. Sorry.

 

[DonnieQ]

Prototype is together!!
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Looks awesome!