I want one of these.....I dont think i would be brave enought to fly it....but, I'd like just set it up in my backyard, and invite chicks over...."hey....did I tell ya about my home built stealth plane?.....yeah...ya know, the military, are always buggin', me sayin' they want to buy the plans off of me....ya know...they say I solved some problem theyve been struggling with for years...but I just haven't decided if I will sell, yet...I dont like supporting war...yeah, Im sensatve like that babe"
@frankensteinmoneymac, our test pilot says the plane flies about like a T-craft. "it doesn't do anything unexpected, and what it does, it does slowly," he reports. Barnaby particularly likes the auto-flair feature, where the plane pitches up very slightly before it lands. He has to remember to flair our C-150 now when he flies it.
Is the angle of the photography from the chase plane or does the aircraft cruise in a permanent nose up attitude? My Father always told me that if he had enough horsepower and adequate control surfaces, he could fly a barn door. Now I know that he was right.
@1955thekeeper, the photography angle is a bit deceiving. The plane flies at about a 3 degree nose-up angle. There are windows on the floor in front of the pilot for good visibility.
@RocketteSci Thank you for your reply. Upon a second viewing I realized that the section of tape I made my comment about was during a climb for altitude. In the segment following, it showed your craft in level flight. I kinda jumped the gun on my assessment. Nice design over all, kudos.
@DevilMaster I know it's not proper plans, but the official website has a link to a cardmodel. Which is good enough if you want to make a glider/rc plane ;)
Actually the little 2-stroke is not that powerful, this is not a "flying barn door" situation. An earlier model wouldn't fly at all with the same power/weight ratio, because there was flow separation around the rear fuselage. The FMX's crash is in fact a testament of that. When the power cut on take-off, the pilot did a 180 to avoid the trees (usually a VERY dangerous thing!) but the FMX did the turn gently, the damage was due to the airfield fence being a feet too tall!
@airlinerdude; the 2-stroke was delivering about 46 horsepower. Its replacement engine (which hasn't flown) is a Jabiru 4-cylinder which should do nicely but is far from the 1:1 power ratio you mentioned. @Karri; the model that wouldn't fly was an R/C model and the front hatch came open. We are pleased to announce that the airplane's crashworthiness was indeed tested when the engine packed at 500 agl. The plane landed at 28 mph and Barnaby walked away. Swearing, but walking away.
at first i thought, this thing isn't gona fly, and if it does it won't for long.. but this is great, obviously it flies well. This looks like a great design, seems to me it would be cheaper and eaiser to manufacture aircraft like this. Wish i had some plans for this one.
@jdsanchez473 I think the Facetmobile crashed and has not been repaired. That is, I KNOW it crashed, but I do not know if it was repaired or if another was built.
"Poor man's UFO" is more like it! That thing is sure to be misidentified as ET or Black Ops hardware at some point. I find it especially interesting that this aircraft's shape closely resembles the objects described by pilot Kenneth Arnold in the 1947 sighting report which signaled the beginning of that era's decades-long flying saucer craze.
You can see Barnaby's latest creation by searching
Edison2 Wainfan
on YouTube. It won the largest purse in automotive history, a $5M X Prize for efficiency.
RocketteSci 1 year ago
Nice work, I bet this is pretty efficient?
GerbilEssences 1 year ago
@GerbilEssences, it flew well on 46 HP. The key is its light weight, made possible by the triangulated truss structure and lack of a wing spar.
RocketteSci 1 year ago
I want one of these.....I dont think i would be brave enought to fly it....but, I'd like just set it up in my backyard, and invite chicks over...."hey....did I tell ya about my home built stealth plane?.....yeah...ya know, the military, are always buggin', me sayin' they want to buy the plans off of me....ya know...they say I solved some problem theyve been struggling with for years...but I just haven't decided if I will sell, yet...I dont like supporting war...yeah, Im sensatve like that babe"
frankensteinmoneymac 1 year ago
@frankensteinmoneymac, our test pilot says the plane flies about like a T-craft. "it doesn't do anything unexpected, and what it does, it does slowly," he reports. Barnaby particularly likes the auto-flair feature, where the plane pitches up very slightly before it lands. He has to remember to flair our C-150 now when he flies it.
RocketteSci 1 year ago
Is the angle of the photography from the chase plane or does the aircraft cruise in a permanent nose up attitude? My Father always told me that if he had enough horsepower and adequate control surfaces, he could fly a barn door. Now I know that he was right.
1955thekeeper 1 year ago
@1955thekeeper, the photography angle is a bit deceiving. The plane flies at about a 3 degree nose-up angle. There are windows on the floor in front of the pilot for good visibility.
RocketteSci 1 year ago
@RocketteSci Thank you for your reply. Upon a second viewing I realized that the section of tape I made my comment about was during a climb for altitude. In the segment following, it showed your craft in level flight. I kinda jumped the gun on my assessment. Nice design over all, kudos.
1955thekeeper 1 year ago
Kinda looks like a baby stealth fighter with a prop. :-)
Boosteroid 2 years ago 4
I wish there were plans for this. :-(
DevilMaster 2 years ago
@DevilMaster I know it's not proper plans, but the official website has a link to a cardmodel. Which is good enough if you want to make a glider/rc plane ;)
GerbilEssences 1 year ago
5/5
MEGAS1LORD1DEVIN 2 years ago
I would be really neat to see a 2-seater, designed to fit LSA specs.
anim8ted923 2 years ago
Reminds me of either blue falcon or little wyvern from F-Zero, neat plane.
PeregrinusFalco 2 years ago
the keys here are light weight, 1:1 power ratio, and money!!!
BUT SHE FLIES!!!!! THATS ALL THAT MATTERS!!!!
airlinerdude12 2 years ago
@airlinerdude12
Actually the little 2-stroke is not that powerful, this is not a "flying barn door" situation. An earlier model wouldn't fly at all with the same power/weight ratio, because there was flow separation around the rear fuselage. The FMX's crash is in fact a testament of that. When the power cut on take-off, the pilot did a 180 to avoid the trees (usually a VERY dangerous thing!) but the FMX did the turn gently, the damage was due to the airfield fence being a feet too tall!
KarriKoivusalo 1 year ago
@airlinerdude; the 2-stroke was delivering about 46 horsepower. Its replacement engine (which hasn't flown) is a Jabiru 4-cylinder which should do nicely but is far from the 1:1 power ratio you mentioned. @Karri; the model that wouldn't fly was an R/C model and the front hatch came open. We are pleased to announce that the airplane's crashworthiness was indeed tested when the engine packed at 500 agl. The plane landed at 28 mph and Barnaby walked away. Swearing, but walking away.
RocketteSci 1 year ago
cool but damn.. i was looking for the NASA X series aircraft xD
robnox 2 years ago
Nice! Paint it in "Have Blue" colors and you'll be the talk of the town!
biscuitninja 2 years ago 3
Very very good!!
silvacore 2 years ago
Check NASA's lifting body programme stsrted in the 1960's (look for M2F1, M2F2 & M2F3, HL-10, X-24A & X-24B).
ZeeFrenchie 2 years ago
at first i thought, this thing isn't gona fly, and if it does it won't for long.. but this is great, obviously it flies well. This looks like a great design, seems to me it would be cheaper and eaiser to manufacture aircraft like this. Wish i had some plans for this one.
jdsanchez473 3 years ago
@jdsanchez473 I think the Facetmobile crashed and has not been repaired. That is, I KNOW it crashed, but I do not know if it was repaired or if another was built.
magnifixcat 2 years ago
How cool is that????? I would love to try my hand at one of those!!
ThunderHead72 3 years ago
It's beyond 'cool'. That plane is like off the hizzle.
TygrysBengalski 3 years ago
pretty neat.. any retracted gear?
josephdupont 3 years ago
Somebody has callet it "Poorman´s F-117" :))
eduns 3 years ago 2
"Poor man's UFO" is more like it! That thing is sure to be misidentified as ET or Black Ops hardware at some point. I find it especially interesting that this aircraft's shape closely resembles the objects described by pilot Kenneth Arnold in the 1947 sighting report which signaled the beginning of that era's decades-long flying saucer craze.
FormerlyFlightsuit 3 years ago 2