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Mass balance vs Moment of Inertia - Neverending battle.

If you want to use my graphic outside Wikipedia, and its resolution or license doesn't satisfy you, write to me: 100px (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The radian glider took a real beating at the last crash. Although it had a 'soft' landing eventually, going through the trees was not pleasant the foamy airframe . since it wasn't covered, indentations can be seen all over the aircraft.

New Powered Glider Concept

I Although I now have a Radian glider. It's quite difficult to find open places where you're able to practice your flying. So i decided to design a new airframe that will be able to keep my flight hours up without having to travel far. The aim was to make a cheap. light and yet strong powered plane that, if needed, would be able to carry the autopilot board. The airframe was made of foam core , 160gsm board paper, packaging tape and dowel sticks.