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  1. cluttonfred

    Sneaky tapered wings?

    The Sky Pup’s slightly tapered wing is made by joining identical front and rear half ribs to a tapered spar and using little strips to bridge the gaps over the top of the spar. That got me thinking about other sneaky ways to create tapered wings with simplified methods. Off the top of my...
  2. nickec

    Characteristics of a straight-wing, tailless model in the Langley free-flight tunnel

    Determination of the stability and control characteristics of a straight-wing, tailless fighter-airplane model in the Langley free-flight tunnel Inspired by the above document, I plan to use this thread to describe a very light, very small, all metal aircraft. The design will attempt to...
  3. Willzilla

    I'm back again. This is the start of my design

    Some people here might remember me from a while ago, asking for advice and designing and building my own ultralight. I never gave up on that and I know a bit more now then back then when I posted a thread. If you look back please excuse my bad wording! It makes me look like an idiot! It was from...
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