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Category Archives: Flying Wings
Maiden flight of my M27 flying wing
Here’s the first time my M27 flying wing took to the air.
M27 flying wing
Here is my scratch-built M27 flying wing. It has a 35″ wingspan, and is basically a complete rebuild of my M226 wing, which never met my expectations. I decided to apply some of the lessons learned from my Papa Divine wing … Continue reading →
M27 flying wing – build thread
I decided to apply some of the lessons learned from my Papa Divine wing (chiefly: big, fat airfoils on a flying wing are a bad idea) to a rebuild of my mediocre night wing, the M226. All the guts will … Continue reading →
Rebuilding the Papa Divine
My big flying wing, the Papa Divine, proved a difficult beast to get dialed in but, much experimentation and a complete tear-down and rebuild seem to have solved its problems. That’s good because the first few flights ended nose-first in … Continue reading →
Papa Divine 60″ megawing (MkII) (RIP)
This plane is, sadly, gone. The newest version is here. My 60″ scratch-built flying wing, the Papa Divine. Papa’s built from four sheets of ReadiBoard (Dollar Tree Foamboard) covered with Dollar Tree celophane gift wrap and decorated with colored packing … Continue reading →
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Maiden flight of the 60″ Papa Divine MkII
Once I got my original Papa Divine wing flying pretty well, I tore the whole thing apart and rebuilt it from scratch with a different, thinner airfoil. This is the first flight of the new wing, made in moderate (12-18MPH) … Continue reading →