MB1 test flying wing

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Marcel Bradette and his MB1

MB1 on it's launch ramp


Launching Type : Test flying wing
Designer : Marcel Bradette
Wing span : 2,40 meters (8 feet)
Wing airfoil : personnal design
Fin airfoil : NACA 0012
Wing area : 0,612 square meter (959 square inches)
Wing loading : 43 gr./dm2 (14 oz./ft.2
Weight : 2,6 kilos (5,75 pounds)
Flight controls : trapezoidal ailevators on wingtips
Materials : wing : vaccubaggged fiberglass SM foam without spar
                 Vertical fin : vaccubaggged fiberglass SM foam
                 Fuselage : hand carved foam reinforced with carbon fiber

Comments :

Flies very fast with a very shallow glide path. Flight controls very efficient and sensitive. Using exponential is recommended. This plane launch very well with a high start.

©, Marcel Bradette
02-11-18