PatternShip
This is a 1 meter pattern aircraft ... not a typical shock flyer. Dimensions (mm) The whole aircraft is made out of EPP The wings was hot wired out of EPP.. RAE100, a medium thickness airfoil was chosen over a thick airfoil to reduce drag. It has two 3X1mm CF strips glued on the top and bottom surface at 35% cord, and one outrigger to the tip TE. The ailerons are 6mm depron. The horizontal and vertical surfaces were 10mm flat plate EPP with the LE rounded. The TE was left as it is to have requisite strength. 3X1mm CF strips are glued along the hinge line for strength The fuselage has a EPP 50mmX40mm central spine which has 3 CF rods (3mm) glued along the length for torsional and longitudinal stiffness. The wing and the horizontal and vertical surface is mated to this central spine. The overall outline of the fuselage is a 10mm EPP which is also glued on the central spine. The battery is pushed in a through slot in the spine (between the CF rods). The slot is cut as forward as pos...