hello, as I'm healing up better day by day, i have had plenty of time to think about a new build. i decided to start a star trek enterprise NCC-1701. outside any scale models i have no experience with these strange and weird flying models. as of now i am stuck on what size to make the control surfaces. i am planning two delta elevators on the back of the main body disk. if anyone has any input on the size and location, please scribble the screen shot on paint brush, with some red lines. the motor is going to mount to the front of the disk. man i have no clue on this, and am stuck...any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks, randy.

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Nice I think this is very cool Design..I would put Airolons on the main body and a Elevator on the tail and widen the tail some . your CoG is going to be the hard thing I would Think :?


Mabey strech it some so you have more virtical stableness.. you could also put some dyhedrial in it like the pizza box flyer. Kram242 modded the pizza flyer with Elevons and pushed the winglets almost verital and It flew great.

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This might help some...???

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthre ... enterprise

 

cool fellas, thanks for the links, now i have something to study. man that slope flyer looks great to me, all it needs is a blue wonder....this is going to be a long term project, for reasons that you fellas know. i am actually thinking of making the disk foiled. also i plan on using 6mm depron for the entire build as i have a half a case layin. anyone have any more ideas please post. this is going to be a winter project for me. peace, randy.

 

cptdragn, thanks for your input. as of now, i am wondering about making the disk a foil or not. also i was thinking of angling the "fuel tanks" a bit to maybe lift the back when in flight. before building my phlatprinter i have always bought proven kits. i have never experimented with the odd, weird models. upfront i know it wont be aerobatic at all...all the weird ones are lucky to just keep in the air and fly crummy to me. slowly i am getting the components together. it will be a very interesting project to say the least for me. thanks for the reply, as I'm a complete idiot with this kind of build. randy.

 

Hey RJ, your star trek design is going to be really cool!! Cannot wait to see it fly..
Hope your feeling better

 

thanks AL...i feel allot better...actually i re calibrated my phlatprinter today...one of my friends gave me a blue wonder and speed control for the enterprise project. i got a ar-6100e and mount coming. got some 1/16 ply to cut some control horns outta. also got a piece of bass wood for the stick mount to. things are coming together slow but surely.peace, randy.

 

as i talked about before, these weird flying models i have no experience with...on the disk section, i have the control surfaces were im gonna cut them. now i have to locate the spar..from what i have read the cg will be in the center of the disk. shall i locate ther? the disk is going to be a 20"dia. what size carbon spar? any input will greatly appreciated, thanks, randy.

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Hey Randy,
I would suggest a .157 diameter tube. Also I think your right on by putting it in the middle of the disk.

 

Randy this is looking great!
Mark

 

thanks, i kinda thought rite on the cg....but wasn't sure about the size. thanks Shawn, randy.