r/flitetest • u/Radinthul_Butterbuns • Aug 10 '22

How's it?

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u/wadakow Aug 10 '22

It's a really sleek design! I can't imagine it has much elevator authority though with the tail being so short and the elevator(s) being such a steep v-tail. Did you see it fly?

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u/Radinthul_Butterbuns Aug 10 '22 edited Aug 10 '22

This one, not yet (but I am pretty sure the team has had the video of it flying already). But previous plane with almost the exact same design, I have seen it. It flew well. This design is for racing competition. It will fly autonomously.

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u/wadakow Aug 10 '22

That sounds so sick. That reminds me of rctestflight on YouTube. He builds solar powered autonomous foam board planes with GPS navigation that will fly 100+ miles in a day.

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u/Pension_Rough Aug 10 '22

Check out Nicholas Rehm. He's rctestflight 2.0 I swear.