The fiberglass Blue Dart Delta II rocket plane took flight over Crooked Creek. This was a test flight without a parachute onboard to tryout remote control of the elevons. Wind speed was very low at about 6km/h with some precipitation. OAT was about 7 deg C. The flight is available to view by clicking this …
A low & over at Kawartha Lakes Municipal Airport and then back to the Peterborough Airport. Follow this link to the video.
Blue Dart Delta II experimental flight at Crooked Creek to confirm stability of the design and adequate motor sizing prior to commencing the Blue Dart Delta II rocket glider test program. This launch was successful and we’re ready to move on to the next phase of testing with the RC version. The launch site video …
Today’s flight was a visit to Smiths Falls (CYSH). The Citabria departed Peterborough (CYPQ) about 9:30am and landed at Smiths Falls at about 10:40am. You can see the flight video by clicking this link. Since I’m flying a Citabria and building a Cozy MKIV, it was great to see both types of planes together.
The Cozy MKIV centre section spar joins the wings to the fuselage. The center section spar is the heart of the wing structure. The top of the spar is flat and the spar sweeps aft and the bottom has positive dihedral so that the fuel runs inboard while in level flight. We did a trial …
