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Moki - high performance powered glider

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 A pod and boom performance glider. The wing changes camber, through flaperons, depending on the flight mode... three modes : normal, thermal or speed.. Dimensions (ignore the cg like sign near the tail.. it is the origin in the 3D software) Wing area : 21.05 sq dm. CG at 10%SM - 65mm from LE at root cord The wing is a re-purposed skysurfer wing which I got from a friend, and was in a pretty bad shape. The two halves were joined. Two 3x1 mm CF strip was cynoed to the top and bottom at 30% cord. The tips were clipped by 50mm, couple of holes, dents and scars filled & finished and a thin fishing line was cynoed to the LE.  The whole wing was given three coats of water based PU mixed with talc as filler, sanded between coats and finished with two coats of paint. ... It has flaperons, so the original aileron had to be cut out and enlarged. The Flaperons are 6mm balsa which has been shaped and sanded to the airfoil The fuselage is pod and boom.. The pod is made of 3mm balsa, wi...

Mini-Stick - miniature version of Slow Stick

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 A miniature version of Slow stick - 800mm span  It has an under-cambered airfoil (like the Slowstick) made out of 4mm depron.  3 Channel, controls are Rudder, Elevator and Throttle ... 2s 1000mah bty Flies great, I have flown it in windy conditions and it nearly hovers and lands with zero speed. 

Gnat- small powered swept wing 800mm

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 Here is a small, powered swept wing..  The wing is hotwired XPS foam, covered with with newsprint and painted .. The fuselage is a coro box with some ply formers.. elevons are 3mm balsa.. The span was 800mm  It was a great fly and was fast.. unfortunately in one of the flights the esc caught fire and it crashed ...