Flying Wing sorta A6 (oz14256)

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Flying Wing sorta A6.

Direct submission to Outerzone.

Quote: "Hi, The recent discussion online about, in part, direct submissions vs. copying from the net made me think of this design. I only have a copy from a newsletter of this plan, but the original drawing was mine. One of these days I should do a 3D model and illustration to make things a bit clearer. The original, physical model is a bit banged up right now, so a picture wouldn't be useful. Looks like I submitted it to Hip Pocket [see datafile] shortly before I was aware of Outerzone. I wrote the following notes at that time:

This is a simple but light sport flying wing model.

Way back when, there was an A-6 postal contest, and even, as I recall, a part of it for 'A-6 flying wings', which were allowed to use the extra square inches of the missing stab in the wing.

This model did something over two minutes under an 18 foot ceiling, but the turn was really strange looking and tight, so I suspect that it had much more potential.

Suggest building it as a pusher, which might cure some of the weird turn. Or perhaps a bit less dihedral. Or put a pusher prop on one side of the stick and a tractor on the other! Doesn't really qualify as an A-6, so suggest use of real prop instead of the flat paddle style these rules required. A much smaller prop shaft would be adequate as well. And possibly a larger diameter prop.

I can't find my original, this version was published in Wingovers and Wallbangers, Nov. 1998. Lincoln"

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