This glider will be:
Furthest gliding
Quickest to print
Printable on Prusa mini
Continually improved through Iterative design
Flight preparation:
Bend wings upward (5 degrees is best I've found) (Dihedral)
Bend rear elevators UP (points nose up)
Hold it just behind the wings
Throw medium hard (or launch with rubber band)
Check out another glider: https://www.printables.com/model/478442-lockheed-martin-rq-3-darkstar-rubber-band-launchth
Some footage of the glider in slow-motion (15%)(V4)
Changelog:
V8: (coming soon)
Thicker Kline–Fogleman airfoil allowing for possbile joining of parts to make longer stiffer wings
winglets
V7a-IS:
Added input shaping BGCODE (Input shaping, 5% infill (lightning).
V7a:
Lightning infill (5%) GCODE
Even bigger notch for rubber band launch
CFD analysis soon
VBW:
Added alternative 355mm wingspan model to glue together (will make a clip together version when I figure out how)
V6:
Removed wing area from V5.
Added a KFm2 aerofoil to the wing (stepped wing)
Enlarged wingspan by 5mm (still allows for skirt)
Reduced wing thickness to 0.2mm
Updated pictures to V6
V5(untested outside):
Scaled the wing size up by 100% in the Y direction giving the glider a lower aspect ratio
(Also try the MQ-9 reaper thrown-glider and my remix of the ‘Stable flyer V’ by João Hackbart)
Fuselage based on João Hackbart's Stable flyer VI
Footage of stupid things I've tried:
Stable glider V7a + Notch for rubber band launch (50m+ range)
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