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Old October 21st, 2011, 03:22 AM   #9
Punisher454
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Default Re: 1:1 Viper mockup?

Put enough power to it and anything will fly.

But seriously, we would have to make a few assumptions about the weight of the engines and the rest of the ship.
If the engines weigh similarly to a real jet engine and the airframe is fairly light then it would probably have a CG at or just behind the pilot. The wings are well behind that. It would be very nose heavy and would have an insanely high stall speed. Basically a missile, not a plane.
If you swept the wings forwards and added a canard on the front portion of the fuselage it would work ok.
Above you seem to be hinting at building an RC aircraft, that's a different case entirely. With an RC plane you could build it very light, think thin foam(in RC talk I think they call it "Fan Fold Foam"). you could use a trio of electric ducted fans VERY close to the tail and place the batteries near the rear also. Then maybe you could get the CG close to the chordline of the wings. It would be best to deviate from a true scale model by using a real airfoil shape rather than thick flat planks.

The Raider would actually be easier to build as a flying scale model. Well not easier to build, just easier to balance.
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