New Wild Hawk Wing -- Blue Fanfold Dihedral

A new wing was constructed for the Exceed Wild Hawk RC Plane. The wing is made from blue fanfold foam (6 mm thick) purchased from Lowes. The wing is 48" in span with a 26" center section and two 11" dihedral sections placed a 20 degrees. The wing leading and trailing edges were formed using a rolling pin. First test flight showed excellent glide, llft, turn, and slow speed performance -- much better than the stock wing. However, the plane would not loop. Three of four attempts to loop resulted in a snap roll at the top of the loop. The fourth attempt (after attempt to balance the washouts on each wing tip) resulted in a strange stall that ended abruptly before zero speed was achieved -- but, the "stall" was balanced (no snap roll). One good thing that was learned was that the construction was very strong.

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Science & Technology

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• RC
• Plane
• Exceed
• Wild
• Hawk
• Wing
• Modification
• etabraham
• Massanutten