Hysteron Proteron (oz9372)
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Hysteron Proteron. Free flight canard model, for 0.75cc engines.
Quote: "After building and flying a couple of Pegasuses (which flew charmingly, while proving that you can stall a canard if you're ham-handed enough) I decided to design my own, and arrived at Hysteron Proteron (which is Greek for back-to-front).
To avoid the fiddly trimming of a too-small model, I decided on a wingspan of 48in for a Doonside Mills to give a reasonably brisk powered glider. The other areas and proportions were worked out from Henry Cole's formulae for canards - as published by AeroModeller in a design series in the early 1950s.
Initial testing (including a 150-foot spiral dive into, fortunately, a bog) resulted in considerable re-design, including enlargement of the elevator - whose section was changed from flat-bottomed to SI 64009 - the addition of a skeg to increase fin area, lowering of the engine pylon and the addition of aileron tabs.
The result is a very safe and tractable model with a fair rate of climb, a slow, floating glide and considerable stability in wind (as proved at the 1975 Nationals).
Construction is quite straightforward: PVA glue was used throughout, on the original, with quick-set epoxy for wood-metal joints. Cut out the sides and rectangular formers..."
Scan from DBHL, cleanup by theshadow.
ref DBHL-30000.
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(oz9372)
Hysteron Proteron
by Sebastian Robinson
from Aeromodeller (ref:1316)
July 1977
48in span
IC F/F
clean :)
all formers complete :)
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Submitted: 23/10/2017
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