I just uploaded 2 pics of my latest, yet unnamed, mono-nano-copter to my directory in the files area. This version has an airfoiled wing. Sections were cut...
Here are some more flight trials. The flight profile appears to be very sensitive to initial conditions. In accordance with chaos theory, I need to correlate...
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Looks Good Dick: Interesting results, 5 feet up 12 feet over. I look forward to the shorter spar report, Are you still using steel? I'll donate a 12" piece...
Today's results were even better than yesterday's. The last flight was so good that I decided not to keep modifying it. John, I may just build another...
Hi Gang: As fall and Halloween draws near, I thought you might enjoy an Odd-Roc for the season. check out the Pumpkin Stack Plan in the Odd- Roc folder in my...
Has anyone determined the Gross Liftoff weight of a model powered by a MMII motor? I have a truncated (poorly made) fiberglass model, 40mm diameter, with a...
Hi Mark: While Quest still has not given an offical Max lift-off weight I can tell you their Engineer trys for under 10grams for all the RTF plastic jobs. My...
Humm Nick: .22 ounces..thats 6.24g, This may be optimum mass, but positively not maximum lift off weight. Only 3 out of 8 of Quests RTF fleet have Empty...
Nick's calculator probably just uses 5x avg impulse to get a weight? In general I believe this calculation to be overly conservative :-) Dick Stafford TRA...
All very useful data Art: It is also a very good example of just how far off "rules of thumb" usually turn out to be. Using this data, a MMII motors Maximum...
My 40mm PD model is ready for flight save for a stuffer tube to duct the ejection gases out of the nose end to get a good ejection. The 8", 40mm long tube...
... at about 8g, Id say leave the chute out, use nose blow recovery, the model will most likely flutter in, or a very most add a 3/4" x 12" teflon tape...
I just wanted to say thanks to Richard for all his work on the micro mono copter, It was an impressive flight a last weekends sport launch. It was even more...
John, thanks for the good words on my meager experiment. This has been a fun project. The MMX scale has allowed me to do a lot more experimentation than I...
Hi guys: Finished work on two more Micro-Maxx one page plans, an 1/8- 1/4A rotaroc and an LED carring Night Fligth payload model. Added to the McCoy's...
Sitting at the computer, and in between steps of other projects, I decided to revise my original monocopter, The Amazing Underperforming Mono-Nano-Copter. It...
That's great. What are the angle for the wing and engine pod? They both look about 20 degrees. Did you make any kind of airfoil shape on the wing? Art...
The pod is at about 20 degrees, the wing is at about 10. There is a minor warp in the wood so I positioned it so it curls up slightly at the tip's leading...
Dick you lost me.. Do I understand the rotor blade is now a single piece of 1-1/2" x 4" x 1/64" birch aircraft plywood, or did you laminate the 1/64" ply to...
Sorry about that. These were mods to the original copter, not the one I flew at Middletown. The wing originally was 1/16" balsa laminated with paper. I cut...
Hi Dick: I posted this message yesterday, If it is a duplicate please eliminate it. Thanks Dick: I think i'll use the insert method. Is there a reason for the...
Ahhh, interesting you point this out, very observant! I had actually meant for the lug to extend downward and serve a sort of a stand-off so the hub wouldn't...
Hi Dick: Launch Lugs seems to be one of the over looked items in our micro-maxx materials source list. We have been useing coffee stir sticks, ink tube, and...
A review of my 2nd MMX monocopter, now called the Cicada Killer after those huge, benign, ground-dwelling wasps we have been getting for the last several...
Gee I though everyone had heard of it. Its a repository for reviews, Rocksim files, a center of pressure database, a list of recommended motors, and lots of...
