Lot of good basic building technique in this! You're a v talented teacher Josh. I shall be building one of these the next time I need to find out where the trees are! 🌲🌳👍
I had been thinking of doing this for a while. The original design (that I know of) is from a paper airplane book I bought 30 or more years ago. Glad to see it translates to rubber power.
The great American paper airplane contest/book......year I got that one and it has been used and abused more then a sweet penthouse I also had at the time. the flying wing one with some poly and a vertical rocks the shit
Josh - very interesting video - thanks for sharing this with us. I don't do a lot of free-flight but it is my understanding that while OOS is painful, it is also gratifying? Watching your videos is making me want to start doing this. I'd be interested in seeing you make a video talking about what plane and equipment you would start with as a rank beginner, what plane / equipment to go to /add when you get to be an intermediate flyer, and what plane / equipment to go to / add when you get to be an advanced flyer. Also, I am interested in the construction of your field box as it varies a lot from Radio Control and/or Control line airplanes (which is basically what I know about). Thanks again for the great videos.
OOS flights are pretty exciting when it's a small model or it's your first time. When it's a plane you really like, well not so much. It's part of the discipline though. All of my larger models now have some form of radio beacon that I can install anytime I fly them, so they can't hide from me!
Very interesting. Aerodynamically and theoretically, if one removed the upper 180 degrees of the circles and maintained the former radius (dihedral) somehow, would the performance be the same? Or is more lift and lateral stability being created from the upper half of the circles? And, a closer look at center-of-gravity may help.
I've made ring wing gliders with a stick of 1/8 and paper rings. Model Builder Magazine had a construction article for one with octagonal rings and an underslung Cox. All of these featured the smaller ring in FRONT. Nothing could be done to make them fly backwards as you have.
Lot of good basic building technique in this! You're a v talented teacher Josh. I shall be building one of these the next time I need to find out where the trees are! 🌲🌳👍
Thanks! Please let me know how yours *turn* out. ;)
I had been thinking of doing this for a while. The original design (that I know of) is from a paper airplane book I bought 30 or more years ago. Glad to see it translates to rubber power.
The great American paper airplane contest/book......year I got that one and it has been used and abused more then a sweet penthouse I also had at the time. the flying wing one with some poly and a vertical rocks the shit
Oh I know that book. We all had it and now look where we are
That’s really epic flight ✈️ 👌 love from india 🇮🇳
Thank you!
This is an amazing plane just shows how cool aerospace is
Yes, definitely!
Josh - very interesting video - thanks for sharing this with us. I don't do a lot of free-flight but it is my understanding that while OOS is painful, it is also gratifying? Watching your videos is making me want to start doing this. I'd be interested in seeing you make a video talking about what plane and equipment you would start with as a rank beginner, what plane / equipment to go to /add when you get to be an intermediate flyer, and what plane / equipment to go to / add when you get to be an advanced flyer. Also, I am interested in the construction of your field box as it varies a lot from Radio Control and/or Control line airplanes (which is basically what I know about). Thanks again for the great videos.
OOS flights are pretty exciting when it's a small model or it's your first time. When it's a plane you really like, well not so much. It's part of the discipline though. All of my larger models now have some form of radio beacon that I can install anytime I fly them, so they can't hide from me!
Very interesting. Aerodynamically and theoretically, if one removed the upper 180 degrees of the circles and maintained the former radius (dihedral) somehow, would the performance be the same? Or is more lift and lateral stability being created from the upper half of the circles? And, a closer look at center-of-gravity may help.
I've made ring wing gliders with a stick of 1/8 and paper rings. Model Builder Magazine had a construction article for one with octagonal rings and an underslung Cox. All of these featured the smaller ring in FRONT. Nothing could be done to make them fly backwards as you have.
It's all about CG and incidence. They'll fly either direction. A Cox powered one is on my eventual build list.
I can barely get a plane with wings to fly, and you show me this? I’ve obviously got a LOT to learn.
You can do it!
@@joshuawfinn Don’t we all 🤔
How about letting us know where to obtain the tools you used??
Awesome, Josh! Absolutely something I need to do w/10 year old G-son!
Definitely! Great learning (and bonding) experience!
Rubber powered circle shape is fun.
Where can I buy a ready to fly kit ?
Where’d you get this from?
It's my own design.
Cool
Ingenious!
ciao ti volevo chiedere se metti il progetto con le misure di questo oggetto volante perché vorrei farlo anch'io grazie i tuoi video sono molto belli
Unfortunately I never took measurements. The storage rack for the plane collapsed a few months ago and it was destroyed. 😞
What next? A Cox Babe Bee tied to a rag?
Bad! Bad! Stop putting bad ideas in my head! Now where'd I put my Baby Bee....
Can i do the circles with paper?
So it’s so insignificant wing design doesn’t work? Then the last thing you watch is (I guess it was trimmed nicely) it flew away lol .
It's amazing what crazy stuff can be made to fly!
it works better with the small wing on the front like a canard, made a dozen of these...you did lose it though
You can make them fly either direction, just like a nocal Geebee.
Not sure would call a plane, looks like a self-powered cylindrical version of box kite
How many models have you got stuck in the trees there? Ha
Uhm...I plead the 5th!
You obviously are good at climbing trees, no need for a chainsaw in that box of tools…unless the kids are sacrificed for that duty 👀😳🙄😉
Hahaha! I'm fortunate to have found a source for very nice long carbon fishing poles which let me reach pretty high up there.
@@joshuawfinn Sometimes the pole just isn’t as handy 🤫