i've found a lot of benefit in experimenting with spiral stability. that single factor has help my design process more than any other. great description, best wishes for 2016!
I just purchased my 1st RC plane and you hit on many topics. I look forward to these videos. Thank you so much in advanced; for what you are about to share."
+etab83 I've been in and out of rc planes for years and I've got to say you've come to one of the best on youtube.No hype,bs or drama,just solid real world advice.
Wow, so many good ideas you have been given for us Ed. That carbon Fiber Tail section looks awesome. I've always liked those as well as the Bi-Plane idea. Gonna be a great year. Oh yea and all the noob stuff That I still need and enjoy. Keep On Keeping On
Hey Ed - Glad you're going to be helping us explore RC in 2016! To facilitate the CG discussion, have a look at ocw.mit.edu/courses/...i...labs.../spl8.pdf. I've noticed that non-typical planes (such as mid-wing pushers) have more complicated CG concerns than just absolute CG location. That is, flight characteristics will be affected by Neutral point and Stability margin. These factors affect pitch stability due to thrust, which most folks mistakenly only connect with thrust angle. Anyway, it's complicated but very interesting! Thanks for coming back into the discussion - looking forward to your vids!
2016 sounds very exciting for EA!!! The DLG and Speed planes would be really interesting to see what you come up with. I've wanted a DLG for quite some time. The biplane would be awesome to see. Remember a few years back, mrccmtnhill had that awesome biplane in your scratch build contest. What a cool plane that was!!! He seems to have fallen off the Earth. I hope all is well with him. Pretty cool dude. Anyway....I'd love to see an EA Biplane, as well as the DLG and Speed plane. Take care, Ed!!!
+Scott Jenkin I called it! Man I'd love to be there now. It's 0200 in Richmond, Virginia, east coast US. Two trips over 4 weeks total to Sydney, Coff's Harbor, Byron Bay, Nimbin ;), Hamilton Island and then Melbourne, Barossa Valley, and Adelaide pretty much sold me on emigrating on my next life when I'm a young, single man again. You're a lucky dude!
Hey Ed... Really surprised, you picked up some of my questions... Can't wait to see your new projects! Ohh btw. I started a new thing... Gonna email you, as soon, it is finished 😉
What is the advantage of using a flat tail wing, instead of a proper airfoil wing? Would the proper airfoil wing not produce better lift and hence smaller size and weight? Would there be more drag because of the larger cross section? Nice to see you back Ed.
+Chrystine T Yes indeed, it can only end in catastrophe - the kind we like - a crash. Yes, I am reduced to filming with my iPhone. It's all I have left. All GoPros gone to the grave. There are certain challenges, including faking out iCloud while filming so I can load videos direct to iMovie instead of going around my ass to my elbow using the new Photos app. Am I getting too old for this?
The mythbusters kind of ending, love it! The iPhone quality is pretty good, stick with it. Maybe try drop box to move your videos from phone to comp for editing? Congrats on the video restart, looking forward to a great season ;)
Do you have a good website/list/source of knowledge/ where good and cheap foam boards can be purchased in different countries? In my case it's Sydney/Australia?
+Aleksandr Motsjonov I live in Sydney. Found a photo framing business at Silverwater that will sell double size sheets of good foamboard. It's art grade, so slightly stiffer and heavier than dollar tree foamboard, I pay $12 for a double sheet so equivalent to $6 per sheet. Hobbyking have also just released boxes of 20 pieces of a depron like foam for $20. Would be interesting to see how that goes when coated with tape.
i've found a lot of benefit in experimenting with spiral stability. that single factor has help my design process more than any other.
great description, best wishes for 2016!
I just purchased my 1st RC plane and you hit on many topics. I look forward to these videos. Thank you so much in advanced; for what you are about to share."
+etab83 I've been in and out of rc planes for years and I've got to say you've come to one of the best on youtube.No hype,bs or drama,just solid real world advice.
Look forward to your videos. Your videos have been a great help to me. Thanks Ed.
Wow, so many good ideas you have been given for us Ed. That carbon Fiber Tail section looks awesome. I've always liked those as well as the Bi-Plane idea. Gonna be a great year. Oh yea and all the noob stuff That I still need and enjoy.
Keep On Keeping On
I'm excited to see what you'll come up with in 2016! Best of luck with all your experiments. :)
Thanks for what you do, Ed! And welcome to Virginia!! Keep up doing what you are doing and everything will be right with the world. :-)
it's great your back.
Looking forward to all these ideas!
Hey Ed - Glad you're going to be helping us explore RC in 2016! To facilitate the CG discussion, have a look at ocw.mit.edu/courses/...i...labs.../spl8.pdf. I've noticed that non-typical planes (such as mid-wing pushers) have more complicated CG concerns than just absolute CG location. That is, flight characteristics will be affected by Neutral point and Stability margin. These factors affect pitch stability due to thrust, which most folks mistakenly only connect with thrust angle. Anyway, it's complicated but very interesting! Thanks for coming back into the discussion - looking forward to your vids!
+Mostly Harmless The link to that file seems to be broken... Try googling "Lab 8 Notes - Basic Aircraft Design Rules".
2016 sounds very exciting for EA!!! The DLG and Speed planes would be really interesting to see what you come up with. I've wanted a DLG for quite some time. The biplane would be awesome to see. Remember a few years back, mrccmtnhill had that awesome biplane in your scratch build contest. What a cool plane that was!!! He seems to have fallen off the Earth. I hope all is well with him. Pretty cool dude. Anyway....I'd love to see an EA Biplane, as well as the DLG and Speed plane. Take care, Ed!!!
I'm looking forward to some new designs in the near future. A fully symmetrical wing design would be fantastic. I know you can do it 😀
Glad you are back. Guess what I am doing in the coming weeks.
He's back !!!
Great to see you back flying n filming Ed!! I hope to see heaps of your excellent videos this year. 😀
Im jealous of your new basement workshop, hehe
+Scott Jenkin What the hell are you/me doing up at 2am?! Oh wait - "heaps of" probably means you're Down Under.
East coast Australia mate!!
And you?!?! UA-cam upload times are rouh eh? Get some sleep brother.
+Scott Jenkin I called it! Man I'd love to be there now. It's 0200 in Richmond, Virginia, east coast US. Two trips over 4 weeks total to Sydney, Coff's Harbor, Byron Bay, Nimbin ;), Hamilton Island and then Melbourne, Barossa Valley, and Adelaide pretty much sold me on emigrating on my next life when I'm a young, single man again. You're a lucky dude!
+ExperimentalAirlines 4 WEEKS!! and you didn't go to Cairns Qld, oh man did you miss out, hahahaha maybe next time.
I would also would like to see a Corsair wing design.
Thanks ED
Can't wait for more videos, than you Ed!
Hey Ed... Really surprised, you picked up some of my questions... Can't wait to see your new projects! Ohh btw. I started a new thing... Gonna email you, as soon, it is finished 😉
I would love to see something tiny, like a indoor/parkflyer.
+wonsnot A STOL would be nice too.
Sure wish I would have met you before we moved out of Phoenix, think we could have had some interesting talks.
*Dance The Skies*
I really enjoy your videos and would be interested to know how you pick motor and prop size for different models.
Definitely interested to see your attachment methods for that carbon boom.
+wordreet Watched it! Excellent ideas. :¬)
Good luck with experiments. :-)
What is the advantage of using a flat tail wing, instead of a proper airfoil wing? Would the proper airfoil wing not produce better lift and hence smaller size and weight? Would there be more drag because of the larger cross section?
Nice to see you back Ed.
I would like you to design a plane that uses EDF's.
Thanks ED
Can't wait for the video about slicing the wing tips off! Great experiment! Awesome video quality, are you recording on your phone?
+Chrystine T Yes indeed, it can only end in catastrophe - the kind we like - a crash. Yes, I am reduced to filming with my iPhone. It's all I have left. All GoPros gone to the grave. There are certain challenges, including faking out iCloud while filming so I can load videos direct to iMovie instead of going around my ass to my elbow using the new Photos app. Am I getting too old for this?
The mythbusters kind of ending, love it! The iPhone quality is pretty good, stick with it. Maybe try drop box to move your videos from phone to comp for editing? Congrats on the video restart, looking forward to a great season ;)
Do you have a good website/list/source of knowledge/ where good and cheap foam boards can be purchased in different countries? In my case it's Sydney/Australia?
+Aleksandr Motsjonov I live in Sydney. Found a photo framing business at Silverwater that will sell double size sheets of good foamboard. It's art grade, so slightly stiffer and heavier than dollar tree foamboard, I pay $12 for a double sheet so equivalent to $6 per sheet. Hobbyking have also just released boxes of 20 pieces of a depron like foam for $20. Would be interesting to see how that goes when coated with tape.