| Quote: Originally Posted by esc | | | | |
| Nice flying Wojcigitty.
No I haven't got one of those but I have an electric shock. The Addiction is on my list of planes to build sometime in the future :-)
Note the wing tips - I think they may help to prevent tip stalling and I am contemplating changing my design to something similar.
Truth is someone has to build my plane to find out if it flies well or not, everything else is just speculation. it's not etched in stone yet and given enough reason I will change it.
Dave | |
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Dave,
Thanks for the kind words.
I would be hesitant about the wing tips. One thing that I have noticed on airplanes with wingtips like this (Addiction, Harrier 46, Flip, Sudokhoi) is that high-alpha KE gets really weird and squirrely. In KE, when the plane is rolled slightly on its back, it will roll that way (further towards its back). Conversely, when it's rolled towards the gear, it keeps rolling in that way too. You can't mix it out, you have to stay on top of it. Other than that little quirk, the Addiction is a perfect 3D monster. I'll try to get some more video where I'm doing more than hovers and harriers. There are reports of the Flip and Diablotin becoming more stable and well-behaved in KE after chopping the wing tips off.
I would build your profile with flat wing tips, and you can try another version with Addiction-style tips to check their effect.