Squirrel like design, excellent flyer!
Submission from George Clark:
Sending along a photo and a short video of a new plane. Just testing it, but results on only 200 winds are promising. The plane has an 18 in. wingspan, 4 in. chord and weighs 20 grams, including rubber. Prop is hand carved and just 5 in. I feel the plane could better use a 7 in. prop, which I also have. More testing to follow. George
Flying Circle design, influenced by Squirrel
Submission from George Clark:
I have another for you. This is the Flying Circle. It has a 24 in. diameter wing, if you want to call it that and no rear stabilizer. It was a bit dicey to construct since I had to bend the wing frame into shape. The wing was also flimsy, as a gust of wind broke the leading edge on both sides. I had to reinforce the leading edge and put struts underneath for support, which threw out the c/g. It is now front heavy, so I will have to move back the prop assembly an estimated 3 in. The wing loading is .11 grams/sq. oz! Cheers George
Indoor Flying. Here's an example of a Stall during Urban Guerilla
I find the security guard's lack of reaction rather humourous. I came to demo the Squirrel to a group of about 40 people at city hall and I was there early enough to get a few flights in the lobby.
(2009-05-20)
