RC Aircraft
Rutan Long EZ
Printed in Lightweight PLA from plans from here. Designed some pinstripes in Silhouette Studio, cut out and added adhesive vinyl, painted the canopy to match.
Some tips if you're going to try and build and fly this: Elevons need like 8mm of uptrim in order to fly level. The motor is a bit underpowered, so launch it at near full throttle. Torque roll is a thing considering the larger propeller, so be aware.
Here's a successful flight after about ten crashes. I'm pretty sure my issue was trying to launch it under-powered. You pretty much have to be at close to full throttle when launching, the motor is probably a bit under-powered for this plane. The prop is larger, so is very prone to torque roll, which I think was also my issue. I was launching mid-throttle, would see it wasn't enough so would go full throttle, which then just made it violently roll left and crash. Also because the motor is a bit weak, throttle needs to be above 60% to keep it in the air. I'm amazed it glued back together so easily after so many catastrophic crashes.