I was just curious about if it would be possible to make a decent sized RC aircraft completely with paper or if balsa is better suited for this. I've made a simple balsa wood airplane with plastic covering a few years back in an highschool speedfest competition. Now that its been a few years later and that I'm in college, I wanted to get into RC Planes and I wanted to build and design them.
I wanted to build a plane with these restrictions I had created:
-No longer than 1 ft
-Powered Flight for 20 minutes
-Electric Motor
-Monoplane
-Slow flying
-Flat Bottomed Airfoil
I have access to 3D CAD systems which I plan to use to design my aircraft design. The main reason for this post is if somebody could point me in direction on where I should start in designing the RC aircraft and if I should stick to Balsa wood designs or paper designs.
This is also my first post so if this is the wrong forum or topic area for this type of question, I apologize.
I wanted to build a plane with these restrictions I had created:
-No longer than 1 ft
-Powered Flight for 20 minutes
-Electric Motor
-Monoplane
-Slow flying
-Flat Bottomed Airfoil
I have access to 3D CAD systems which I plan to use to design my aircraft design. The main reason for this post is if somebody could point me in direction on where I should start in designing the RC aircraft and if I should stick to Balsa wood designs or paper designs.
This is also my first post so if this is the wrong forum or topic area for this type of question, I apologize.
