03-14-2010, 10:55 PM
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BARCLONE Rocketry
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Posts: 5,357
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kevinj
The one rule of thumb that I've always used is to have some stability inducing part of the glider be on both sides of the motor thrust line. I've done this by having the vertical stab under the fuse and the wingtips above the thrust line via dihedral. That said, I do like the looks of the glider.
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Kevin,
Behold... The Freewind BG Mk II...
Is this something of what you had in mind? I know the wing tips are not quite where you're describing, but I may have another idea for that...
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