LCM & sails, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

[Tophe]

Crazier and crazier (better and better)

[PR19_Kit]

....... and I had this remaining CF-100 cockpit

Doesn't everyone? 

Actually no, I just wish I had ANY CF-100 bits.

[ericr]

 

[ericr]

more leafy material
(ginkgo biloba, printed 2 sides)

[Tophe]

Wow! Good!

[PR19_Kit]

That makes the Javelin look almost elegant, if that's at all possible. 

[ericr]

thanks !

That makes the Javelin look almost elegant, if that's at all possible. 

maybe I could try and fit it with longer leaves ?

[PR19_Kit]

thanks !

That makes the Javelin look almost elegant, if that's at all possible. 

maybe I could try and fit it with longer leaves ?

And why not? 

[Rheged]

Congratulations! You have achieved the almost impossible.  You have made a Javelin look delicate and almost butterfly-like!

[ericr]

 

[steelpillow]

Congratulations! You have achieved the almost impossible.  You have made a Javelin look delicate and almost butterfly-like!

[ericr]

how about this delicate use of Javelin wings ?
look a bit ekranoplan-like ...

[Tophe]

Weird! = Good!

[Tophe]

But the big torque of the single engine was a problem and this was cured on the related twin:

[steelpillow]

Looks very convincing. The original flew OK, though it was slower than hoped and the strong prop wash over the wing roots led to asymmetric handling.

The twin was developed to overcome these problems. Note the slight divergence towards the tail. This gave directional stability without the need for a tail fin (as was common among aeromodellers in the 1900-1914 period). The lower fin was of course retained to support the tailplane, and the upper fin left in place to minimise the forward shift in CG from lopping off two wing tips. An interesting innovation was the first known internal electric telephone with an amplifier and loudspeaker, enabling pilot and copilot to communicate.