Going to put together a simple airplane for a cox .010.
We do a lot of demos and this would be a hit.
Just to fly maybe a loop and 8's
thinking 80 100 square inches wing a sheet of blue core foam about 12 inch span with a small carbon rod.
Lines 10 feet? I could almost self launch it.
Any reference designs?
Hi Dave, in the very early 1960's my ex-wife built a Midwest Sniffer(FF) and powered it with a TD .010.
the model has 139 sq"s and weighed about 3.5 ozs. and it climbed straight up(spiral) like a Zipper.
That was in Albuquerque, the flying field was close to 6,00 feet.
I recommend you go to the trouble of using a built up design like the Mini Zilch or better yet, a
Southwest 1/2A Snapper. Use 25-30 foot lines(.008"-.012" stranded cable). A 1/2oz tank or better
yet an appropriate sized balloon will do the trick. Best of luck. For Historical(Hysterical..) reference;
Bare built a 160 sq" scaled down PDQ Lion Tamer powered with a PAW .5cc diesel; and it literally
screwed him into the ground using 35' X .012" lines. I wish you the best of luck with whatever
you end up building and flying.
Tony G...Yes, it's me, back again after mucho health BS.