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wingspan: 50cm
chord: 12cm
camber: 5%
horizontal stab: 35cm
chord: 12 cm
camber: 5%
- the pylons are offset from center 3/8" each
motor stick: 3/16" x 3/16" x 9 7/8"
boom: 1/8" x 1/8" x 8"
prop: 6 3/4" guillows
down thrust: 0*
left thrust: 12*
total mass: 7.6 gm w/o 2gm motor
The wing and h-stab is built out of 1/16" square balsa. The best time I got in the silo was only 38 seconds, but the heater was on.
The Silo is privately owned by a family in Rochester for indoor rock climbing. It has a diameter of about 35 feet and is 65 feet tall! It took a pretty tight-turning plane like this to fly in there and the inside wing was almost flattened by the banking of the plane.
I'm 18 years old and a senior at Rochester High School in Illinois. I'm killing three flies with one slap" as my German teacher put it; It is for Science Olympiad, 4-H aerospace, and also I'm doing a science fair project with it.
Sincerely,
Tim Shotts
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