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Re: New MOC: RedTail air-racer
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 25 Mar 2005 20:08:48 GMT
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In lugnet.space, brent skadan wrote:
> Hi,
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> Had some time off this week and decided to slap this one together. It is
> heavily inspired by the GeeBee air-racer of the 30's and a fish I ate the
> other day.
Sweet! Nice landing gear. But it's gotta be a bugger to land and taxi! ;]
> While the overall shape is not terribly aerodynamic, with the straight wings
> and all, I really wanted something that would look a future/retro -- and a
> straight wing is the way to go. Anyway I have as yet not been able to build a
> satisfactorily realistic swoop back wing. Nevertheless, I like the straight
> wing (un-like my wife who thinks it is chunky).
Well, as long as you don't expect it to go very fast, the straight wing looks
okay. But you can forget about high subsonic speeds. Or just claim
that the wings auto-sweep back at higher speeds and it only looks straight
on the ground ;] Roll rate is going to be a pig, too. But it still looks
great! :]
KDJ
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| (...) Yup, I am sure it is, but then again so was the original GeeBee racer. Maybe in the future you wont have to worry about good visibility -- at least that is what I keep telling myself. (...) Well, that is not entirely true. The X-1, the first (...) (20 years ago, 26-Mar-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | New MOC: RedTail air-racer
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| Hi, Had some time off this week and decided to slap this one together. It is heavily inspired by the GeeBee air-racer of the 30's and a fish I ate the other day. While the overall shape is not terribly aerodynamic, with the straight wings and all, I (...) (20 years ago, 25-Mar-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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