The guy holding the plane in the first picture below is Mark Troutman from Katy Tx. He, an accomplished stunt flyer, egged on by his RC buddy George, will try anything in the way of experimental aerodynamics. Never a dull moment with the combined aeronautical genius these two posses.
I started to post this under Stunt Design, where there is a thread about flaps, but I figured that their ignominy should be more widely disseminated.
The photos show, after close inspection, that they have mounted two electrics motors onto the flaps of a stuntship. That’s right, mounted to the flaps. Who would have thought. Vectored thrust! Oh the Humanity. There is no motor up front, too banal.
Well, it got off the ground and flew. Mark said if flew like a really heavy Ringmaster. I’m amazed.
But, when you think about it, with electrics it is possible to actually easily hinge the powerplant. Have they opened a new dimension in stunt? Stay tuned.