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POU- Tandem - 30"

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A pivoting wing design in the lines of Mignet's Flying Flea Front wing : Span : 755 mm Cord : 155 mm Airfoil : NACA 23112 Dihedral Rear wing Span : 510 Cord : 155 mm Airfoil : NACA 23112 No Dihedral Motor : 2204, 1400kv, 3s 1500 bty, 30A ESC, 7x4.8 prop, 2x 9gm servos. All these are reused components , and specially the motor/bty/esc combination could have been much smaller and lighter Horizontal separation of wings 15 mm, Vertical Separation of wings 85 mm Wanted to keep the construction  simple Both the wings have the same cord and airfoil. This makes construction easy in terms of hotwire airfoil template / ribs> The wings are hotwired out of EPS, and the leading and training edge have been laminated. There is a 3/4 span 3 mm CF road in the front wing.  Two thin Aluminium "L" section have been epoxied at 20% of the cord, on the bottom surface of the front wing. The lower prong of the "L" have holes through which a bolt attaches it to ...