Testing the American Kestrel 12 (Improved changes?)

This is a laser-cut model and after making a few changes to the original design, I wanted to see if this is flying better.

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This was flying very well this evening! I should have only adjusted one configuration at a time, but I got very eager to try several things.

1) It has less dihedral on the main center wing joint. I was hoping to change the lift vector more upwards.

2) The wing was moved back a 1/8th inch. It seemed a bit too loopy, so by moving the wing back I was hoping to have a straighter launch.

3) I glued the vertical stabilizer to the side of the fuselage (instead of on the bottom of the fuselage.

All in all, I think the results were promising! Which makes me happy! ;-)

Brad and Bruce are brothers-- just having some fun building, sharing, and flying various things-- including experimental catapult balsa gliders to free background music because they are cheap! (but, the music is good... kudos to the music artists!)

Music:
Distant Lands by Hanu Dixit

Enjoy flight and enjoy life!

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