Design & Build of a Flying Wing (With Balsa Wood) + Project Files

This is an amazing flying wing project, using classic balsa wood construction and covering. You can learn more in the dedicated article: bit.ly/3FpuGCk there you'll find all the information and download all the files of this project.
Wing Helper video: • Designing a Wing Struc...
Download the plans and files: bit.ly/3FpuGCk
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Software to cut with laser: lightburnsoftware.com/
Laser cutter: bit.ly/31TquNE
FrSky servos: bit.ly/3K80aR1
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[@aakashjana6225]

Not an engineer you say and design , laser cut , build , adjust and fly an R.C wing , i dont know about others that is more engineer than many people out there in this world even with university degrees. Fantastic work , designing an RC flying wing has been my dream I have built a lot of free plans but always wanted to design my own.

[@peterbowen4328]

Flying wings need to be a little nose heavy. Try adding a little weight to the nose each flight until it flies better.

[@Joeyapwaichong]

You can try using reverse tapered elevons like the original Zagi flying wings. It's a genius design in my opinion. When you pull elevator control "up", the broader tip of the elevons reduces the angle of attack of the wingtip, preventing it from tip stalling. Even when the airspeed decays with a full "up" elevator, the wing will just bob its nose up and down with full aileron controls. The Canterbury Jazz Extreme uses constant chord elevons that will tip stall and fall out of the sky like yours when we do hard maneuvers for slope combat.

[@daviddavids2884]

observations. there is a lot of weirdness in the design that you used.

[@darkiee69]

From what I've seen on other wings they do like a bit of reflex when flying. A few degrees (2-5) of up elevon should do it.

[@willemvanderveken8087]

Please use other music on your video👍;)

[@oldfellafpv7770]

My advice.. I'd add more sweep to the wing allows you to get a more stable wing less pitch sensitive and ad more nose wieght

[@peterbrown6382]

Increase the depth on the ailerons at the tip which would increase the overall depth of the chord at the wingtip.

[@damircvijetic8567]

Hold it by the end of the wing and swing your arm.

[@alexcarter8807]

Cutting = 20 min. wow! Plus, those burnt edges are stronger than raw wood edges.

[@abdullahafzal9]

Good work, Watch almost all your videos and people like you are an asset for the hobby.

[@Karkmotuning]

Cool tech, that laser cutter. I built most of my rc planes in the nineties, well before this kind of tech was available for consumers.

[@Bishop-FPV]

Excellent work, I like the wash-out on the wing tips, not many people know about that. 👍

[@weeliano]

The old school way of building aircraft has its charms! Laser cutting is the way to go! I used to design and build my own planes many years ago, I built my own foam cutter and made foam wings instead. Downwash is very important for flying wings. Perhaps you can add a boom to lengthen the lose and use less nose weight. A longer fuselage "may" reduce the spin an also the tip fins could be taller also.

[@edgymushroom]

I did almost the exact same thing last month. I really like the design the program spits out. Will definitely study the design this program generates.

[@lostwing]

This is really fantastic. Love your build. We cut and build our wings from foam, but a bit larger in size. As a suggestion, I would do everything possible to shift weight to the front rather than add nose weight. (1) move the servos further forward- with a plane this light your should be able to use really small servos (2) Make sure the elevons are tapered and thin balsa (3) Cut the back in a bit to move the motor mount further forward (towards the CG) (4) position the battery as close to the front as possible and use foam to cushion a crash. Do the same with the rest of the electronics.

[@jazzsheehan]

Love the way you are using a laser to build your aircraft. May I suggest a couple of tips to help with your laser cutting? I would recommend you to raise the balsa wood sheets above the laser bed to allow air flow underneath. Even better, use a metal honeycomb bed. Install air assist on your laser head. This makes a huge difference to the cutting ability. Plenty of tutorials on YT to help. Keep up the good work 👍🏻

[@lancevanvelzen4832]

Looking forward to cutting and building this. thanks for sharing!

[@mikelarin8037]

Add nose weight and then reflex (up trim) to accommodate.

[@xtofduurr]

One possible trick to move weight to the front without changing the structure could be to replace the axis of the motor just by a longer one, so the propeller can stay where it is. And thank you very much for all your videos. I love watching your projects.