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... Hallo Nurflügelfreunde, daruf haben wir gewartet!
     Vergangene Woche rief Erik uns an, das der Erstflug seiner HIX für Freitag den 25.05.2001 bevorsteht. Am Freitag Nachmittag "auf Arbeit" kam mir ein kurzer Gedanke; was machen bloss Erik, Aad und die HIX. Abends kam der Anruf aus den Niederlanden. Sie fliegt! Und sie fliegt ausgezeichnet! Die Turbinen von AMT (Bennie van de Goor) laufen sehr zuverlässig. Herzlichen
Glückwunsch zu diesem phantastischen Modell.
... Chuck Armbrust (AZ Chuck)  "Here are some planes I came up with that are light weight, small and most important, cheap.  I design these planes for my pleasure and I would like to share them with you.    If you follow the instructions the planes should fly like described. Following instrutions is something I never been able to do, so keep it LIGHT and it will probably work."
... Allan Wright:  "Wing Thing #3 completed. I'll get it trimmed out today to fly at NEAT. I didn't take any photos because it looks exactly like #2.  I used the elevons from #2 so I figured I should paint the frame of the wing black to match and cover appropriately. The only thing I did on this one different was to make the center section a little wider (mistake) which gives more room, but I don't know what it will do to the lift. We'll see."
     Once you found the airplane that interest you, you can see more details of the model by clicking on the drawing of the model.  There are several models where you can order Vac-u-formed parts (canopies, intakes,...).  It could ease and speed up your project.
     These are scale plans by Jack Bale.  He has several flying wing kits including Hortens and De Havilland.
This is a large site with lots of different areas to explore.  It all appears to be in German, so some will need to use something like the AltaVista translator to understand the material.
     Hier handelt es sich eine kurze Zusammenfassung zum Thema Glockenauftriebsverteilung und  Umsetzung mit Hilfe der Tiefen- und Verwindungsverteilung. Das ganze am Beipiel der Horten  HII aufgezeigt. Die Abbildungen stammen aus dem Buch "Nurflügel".   Zu diesem Themenkomplex sollten auch ein paar andere Seiten im Internet besucht werden, stellvertretend sei hier nurflugel.com erwähnt. Hier geht es mir allein darum, das Thema Auftriebsverteilung hoffentlich verständlich darzustellen, also denn...
The Mugi is the final stage in the evolution of a multi-discipline aircraft - slope soarer, bungee or electric power.  The ultimate in recycling and an exciting model for minimal outlay and effort, the Mugi is made entirely from Correx (Coroplast).  It's my hope that by following the comprehensive instructions on this website, lots more modellers will be able to enjoy a great sense of achievement in building one of the simplest and cheapest model aircraft that also happens to be extremely versatile and robust. 
This is a page of model aircraft pictures with some expanded text on the models and their owner/designers put together by Andy MacDonald.  There is a warning at the beginning that the page could take a little extra time to load due to the picuture files sizes.
This section of the site contains articles about model construction contributed by our members and anyone else we can cajole into contributing!  If you have an idea that you think others might benefit from, please click here to email webmaster@charlesriverrc.org. 
.... We're not just your friendly neighborhood kit builders, we're dedicated enthusiasts! Be forewarned, if you haven't flown yet you'll be hooked too! Whether you're new to soaring or an experienced pilot, you'll find most everything you need right here. Keep checking back too. We're continually adding to this site.
Horten Vc - The model is a original-similar reproduction, which will appeal to all the model pilots, who would like to have an unusual electrical model, which also has a appearance similar to the original. Equipped with two Speed 480 engines and eight cells the model has breath-taking flight performances. The flight characteristics are uncritical. Hand starts are possible without problems.  The model is fully made of EGR. The rudders are made as Elastoflap. The completion of the model is  possible in no time due to the high prefabrication degree. In other words:  much fun, little building expenditure, favorable price. (Click on Product Range, then Models from our own development and, then on the Horten picture.)
... My name is Sean Shrum, programmer by trade, and I fly foam delta wings and balsa gliders out at Long Beach's Bluff Park in California.  I am looking to get some support (and input) from slope soaring clubs like yours and individuals around the United States to use my site as a central repository for slope soaring sites, channel registries, and other general r/c slope soaring information.  The site is free and (thankfully) banner-free and operates on my good will, love of flying, and donations that I receive from fellow users of the site. 
Airfoils for Flying Wings - Tailless planes and flying wings can be equipped with
almost any airfoil, if sweep and twist distribution are chosen accordingly. Thus, the one and only "flying wing airfoil" does not exist. However, if we want to design a tailless plane with a wide operating range, the wing should have a small amount of twist only, or none at all, to keep the induced drag at reasonable levels throughout the whole flight envelope.  By Martin Hepperle.
...     "Noseeum" This wing will fly in the lightest lift and thermals very well.  It is normally built with a tail boom and fixed rudder so it can be side arm launched to incredible heights.
     We are committed to producing EPP airframes that are designed with performance in mind, but yet remain simple to build. These gliders are rugged and can take the abuse of the most hostile slopes or pilots. These planes are designed for performance using airfoils that are designed and optimized for the design of each plane. 
... Throught its inception, the Boomerang was designed to  incorporate some of the best flying combin- ations into a single flying wing and the result has been very successful. I think a few of the main reasons for its success is a combination of an extremely light flying weight for a combat wing, and a fast semi-symmetrical airfoil, cut to an optimum wing planform, that has been refined again and again in combat. 
 
... The 'Beta' is a flying wing slope model designed for durability and manoeuvrability.   Flight characteristics are predictable, while maintaining the ability to provide excellent aerobatic and combat performance for advanced fliers. Designed for low cost 2 channel radio gear and an electronic elevon mixer, or computer radio, this  model is incredibly agile in flight and able to perform well in a wide range of wind conditions.
... FLYING WING Visit the page on Flying Wing, or Tailless Planes and their air borne photos. Enjoy flying a pair of wings without an engine by radio control.  R/C Gliding is a hobby you can enjoy all year round. In rainy days you stay home building. When  weather conditions permit you will enjoy going out flying and landing your master-piece. Gliders are generally graceful, streamlined and noiseless. The  Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula are surrounded by sea with gentle slopes and motorways.   It is not difficult to get to the slopes by car or public transportation. All year round you can find the right slopes for different wind directions blowing over the sea.   Because you are controlling the plane by radio commands you feel that you are practically flying
inside it. 
... Meet the extremely nimble Midjet Mk5, a 36" span flying wing. The original Midjet is a Les Rudd design, built from RCM&E's Silent Flight pull-out-plans (Sept 84).  The Mk5 Midjet differs from the original with it's thinner semi-symmetrical airfoil, and re-designed fuselage shape with many internal improvements ( for structural survivability).  With removable left and right wing panels, the whole model can be dissassembled down to a mere 18" package.  The original plans called for an easy to build flat bottom wing with simple reflexed trailing edge, a little crude, but effective in low lift conditions. 
... MAD Aircraft's Valkyrie EPP combat wing is nearing production. This all EPP construction is different than that of other wings on the market in both its flying characteristics and recoverability.  The Valkyrie kit includes:   All EPP wing cores; 5-Carbon fiber spars and joiner;  Pre-cut coroplast tip fins; Balsa elevons; Du-Bro pushrods; Nylon control horns; Detailed instruction manual 
... This is a model site out of Switzerland, according to the URL.  It will need to be translated, but there are some interesting pictures of flying wing models and modelling events.
Wie ihr vielleicht schon bemerkt habt, ist in der Schweiz in Sachen Nurflügel seit ca. 5 Jahren nichts mehr los. Wenn  man mit einem Nurflügelmodell auf dem Flugplatz, oder an einem Hangfluggelände erscheint, wird man von den Leitwerkpiloten zuerst mal kritisch beobachtet, was man da für ein merkwürdiges Objekt zusammenbaut. Einige Mutige trauen sich dann doch mal den Nuripiloten zu fragen, wie sich denn so ein Nurflügel fliegen lässt.  Manchmal drücke ich dem Neugierigen  einfach den Sender in die Hand und lasse ihn ein paar Runden fliegen. Dass diese Nurflügel keine störrischen Fluggeräte sind und keinen Profi am Sender brauchen, ist für mich ein Grund, den schlechten Ruf des Nurflügels doch aufzubessern. 
... Tailless wings always have fascinated me and one day a new club member (Karl Schneider) appeared  with a Co6 built on plans of H.-J. Unverferth. Great perform- ance and super flight views seemed to convince. Another colleague already flew more or less successfully  a tailless wing of Robert Schweissgut. After I have bought over an Internet auction a tailless wing with 1.40 m wing span for  only 50 DM, the tailless wing fever had infected me. After finding the homepage IG Nurflügel Switzerland I decided to go this new way and became a member of this IG in order to profit from the experiences of these idealists.
... A new aerobatic indoor / outdoor slow flier and it's a scale model to boot!  Designed to use the inexpensive GWS geardrives if you have a Lite Stik you have all the equipment you need.
Outstanding flying ability aerobatic, climbs at an amazing angle without stalling, will turn in very tight spaces and with a wing loading of only 2.25 ounces per square foot slow flight is wonderful.  Easy to build with photo illistrated instructions.
Holverson Designs, Inc.
    Is a company that is dedicated to making "cool kits" (fantasy rockets, gliders that glide, and more) and to bring you other fun and useful model rocketry items. And, of course, to make our sturdy launch pads. 
This unique looking futuristic wing is called the ZAGI-THL.  It is a high performance slope wing that can be used for combat competitions.  It and other models of combat and thermal gliders can be found at TRICK R/C's site by clicking on zagi.com
This is the first kit in MAD's line of semi-scale airplanes. It has the speed and aerobatics of a flying wing with the menacing looks of a warbird.  The Me P.1111 kit includes: EPP fuselage EPP left and right wing panels; Pre-cut coroplast tail and fillets; Basswood front and rear spars; Basswood sub-trailing edge stock; Balsa elevon stock; Pushrods with clevises; Nylon control horns; Detailed instruction manual.
The RAZOR is a 48 inch span flying wing model, injection molded from ARCEL™ foam that has the light weight of EPS or EPP, but that is practically indestructible.  RAZOR is computer designed to be injection molded in blue, white, and gray.  Unlike other foams, ARCEL™ can be painted or trimmed with a wide range of paints including Rustoleum™ from your hardware store.
The Scande Research "Demon" is a small 24" span delta wing. It is intended to be used for Combat (towing a 40 ft streamer) and as such is grossly overpowered with the recommended engines (.09-.15 slimer). It has a total area of 239 sq in of which about 200 sq in could be considered lifting area.
This is just one of many kites available for those who don't have the room or ability to build your own flying wing.  Deltas are a snap to fly and make great first kites! Deltas are available in a wide range of sizes for all age groups. These kites soar on winds light enough to leave most kites on the ground. Few kites fly so well in such a wide range of winds. 
An acrobatic flying wing is constructed from plastic foam trays obtainable from a supermarket.  Contributed by: Norm Poff (adapted from a design by Paul Mcilrath.)  Edited by: Roger Storm, NASA Glenn Research Center.  Materials: Plastic foam meat or pastry tray, about 10 inches long, from a supermarket.  Sharp cutting knife and cutting surface.  Emery board, sandpaper, or metal file.  Cellophane tape. Dime Marker pen. Scissors.
Tweety Bird - Flying Wing.  The original Tweety Bird in yellow and the model built from the plans Tweety flying indoors, plane flies well indoors or outside in light breeze. It might be good to experiment with a rudder tab for indoors flying. 
You can build your own "flying wing" paper airplane and see how well it flies with and without vertical fins. Check out this page to get step by step instructions on how to build this paper wing.  You start with an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of paper which is common to most everyone and just fold away.  This should be fun for the kids while they are waiting for one of the many foam type flying wings to show up in the mail.
The Flying Wing is a replica of the Northrop N9M.  The Wing was designed as a precision flying model, Not just pieces of styrofoam with decals attached. Precision balanced with no body or tail, it weighs only 35 grams, with a wingspread of 23 inches. The high lift one piece wing makes it much lighter than the conventional airplane. With a gentle launch into a light breeze, 100 yard flights are not uncommon.
     The ZIPPER sub kit has a FIBERGLASS body  with foam wing cores. The sub kit's are offered so the builder can select choice materials for the construction of these neat  projects.  This is a  HOT sloper.   There are many more flying wing gliders available from BIRDWORKS.
When Art Kresse got back from a trip to Europe, he got on the stick and finished the drawing (more or less) of his design. There are a few details to be worked out but they can be resolved on the bench faster than on the computer. Figure 1 is it! It would be nice if the equipment could be housed in the wing without the ugly central "pod" but not possible. As it is the pod is pretty crowded. As I noted earlier I could have gone either with glow or electric power. I settled on glow because of the battery size and weight.  The entire control is with a single control surface in each wing. They are controlled with one servo each. The servos respond to aileron and elevator inputs that are mixed by an electronic device.
Introducing the XB-60 Flying Wing! A 60" wingspan, all EPP Flying Wing with a wing area of 1008 sq. inches and a loading of 6 oz/sq ft. Composite spars are used for amazing durability and ruggedness. The XB-60 is fast, light, maneuverable, and very stealthy!  The XB-60 is a unique design incorporating wing twist, a favored flying wing airfoil, and a special planform. This is NOT a Zagi copy! 
HERK STOKELY'S HANDLAUNCH FLYING WING.  I've finally managed (with some help) to build a model that I have wanted to try for a long time. Ever since I became infected with handlaunch fever,I have wanted to try a handlaunch flying wing. A flying wing planform just seems right for hand-launch. It's light, couldn't be simpler, and it represents a very interesting design exercise.
This quick and fun activity comes from Model Aviation Magazine and the Academy of Model Aeronautics. It was submitted to their June 1997 issue by Paul Billings of Niota, Tennessee, with original artwork by Julie Anne Visco. It is presented at this site with permission, in slightly modified form.
Welcome to the Raynes Park Model Aircraft Club
Model of plane featured in 1930's film Things To Come with Raymond Massey
(Several pictures of this concept wing, plus you can rumage through the rest of the  Raynes Park site by clicking here.
In mid-December 1943, at the Arado facilities in Landeshut/Schlesien, work began on a flying wing project series under the direction of Dr.-Ing. W. Laute. This was further elaborated by Dipl. Ing. Kosin and Lehmann of Arado under the title of "Long Range/High Speed Flying Wing Aircraft". A discussion took place with the RLM several months later in early 1944, and Arado was asked to compile design studies for a long range jet powered bomber. (Arado Ar E.555 series) (Site by Dan Johnson)
Luft '46 Viewers Model Gallery by Dan Johnson
      If you would like to see your Luft '46 models displayed here, please contact Dan at:
            djohnson@visi.net
(An interesting collection of model aircraft for the enthusiast.)
     This is from the site of J.P. Morere's little corner of craziness in this wild wild wild world of model aircraft. 
     This his PsHo-H1 project.  The name PsHo-H1 comes from Pseudo Horten Hand launch #1.  The span is 59" to fit in the R/C Hand-Launched Glider (HLG) class.  The wing has a sweep angle of 25º. The root section is EH 2/7 at 15" chord.  The first break is at 1/4 semi-span and is EH 2/7 at 8" chord.   There is a second break at 3/4 semi-span, EH1/7 5" chord with 1.5º washout.   The tip (currently - this may change) is an inverted NACA 1508, 3" chord with 4º washout.  You can see from the drawing that this in not your typical plane - not even your typical flying wing. 
     This is a 1/14th scale model of the RB-35 built and flown by Dale S. Yancy of the Hemet Model Masters (Hemet, CA).  The link contains several more excellent pictures of this outstanding model along with some of the specifications (12' span; 32 lbs). 
     The Hemet club appears to be very active in the 1/4 scale and 4-stroke areas of modelling and have a very nice flying site a few miles outside Hemet.
     How a pure flying wing could fly ? And without a computer on board ? Here is displayed a solution that works, the Paoli flying wing. Come and follow me on the adventurous way of pure flying wing.
     The secret of this tailless AND finless aircraft, is very simple, and lies in the particular shape of the ailerons: Their hinges axis is 90° to the airflow.  The wing using a flat airfoils ( yes, it is true !!!), they are cut after building, and inverted, the right aileron goes left, and the left goes right.

 
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