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Flying Wings & Delta

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After learning hotwire wing core cutting and covering them with newspaper .. there was no looking back.  COMBAT WING A Large wing... it is Abhiroop, my son, in the picture.. he now flies very well  ·           46” span, 12” root cord, 5” tip cord, 22 degree sweep, semi symmetrical airfoil (MH 64), hotwired,  paper covered. CF spar ·           1200KV, 8X4.7 prop , 3S This was my first real airfoil (other than flat plates) wing. … and if flies like a dream.  Its glide angle is superb… and so is the roll rate.  It is fast and roll like a drill or trimmed to fly hands-off. Initially it was foam covered with coloured tape but once I discovered paper covering and changed over to paper. The paper covering gives it lots of rigidity …  along with very close adherence to airfoil geometry for fantastic performance.  I fly it with a 2200 mah. TRA...