{"id":42608,"date":"2019-11-15T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=42608"},"modified":"2019-11-18T09:47:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T14:47:09","slug":"concept-flying-wing-3d-printing-a-fully-functional-rc-airplane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2019\/11\/concept-flying-wing-3d-printing-a-fully-functional-rc-airplane.html","title":{"rendered":"Concept Flying Wing &#8211; 3D Printing a Fully Functional RC Airplane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: We&#8217;re partnering with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCeohzX_GlkakABBJChjSn-A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3DAeroventures<\/a>, Eric&#8217;s brand new YouTube channel, to help bring you a four-part video series, going from foam glider in <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2019\/08\/hacking-a-foam-glider-with-your-seven-year-old.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>part one<\/strong><\/a> to a full-on, 3D printed acrobatic R\/C aircraft by part 4! The aim? To educate us &#8211; and his seven-year-old &#8211; on aerodynamic principles, while having fun in the process. Be sure to subscribe to his channel via <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2019\/08\/hacking-a-foam-glider-with-your-seven-year-old.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>part one<\/strong><\/a> to keep track of Eric and his son&#8217;s progress, leading all the way up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3dexperienceworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE World 2020<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For me, taking a reel of plastic filament and transforming it into a killer-looking, fully functional R\/C Airplane is what dreams are made of. \u00a0This is something I couldn\u2019t even fathom as a child, as my dad and I would spend weeks or even months building model airplane kits from a pile of balsa wood.<\/p>\n<p>In our first 3DAeroventures video, sponsored by SOLIDWORKS, we started simple by <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2019\/08\/hacking-a-foam-glider-with-your-seven-year-old.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">taking an off-the-shelf foam glider and hacking it into an R\/C airplane using CAD and 3D printing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/concept20flying20wing20wireframe.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"322\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This turned out to be a super fun and simple way to dip your toe into R\/C flight.\u00a0 In this second video, I\u2019m getting more complex by designing and 3D printing the entire aircraft!\u00a0 This comes with a whole set of questions and engineering challenges.\u00a0 Primarily, can you 3D print an aircraft on an inexpensive desktop printer, out of inexpensive, generic plastic that is light enough to fly, yet strong enough to survive the forces of flight?<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"3D Printed Inifinity Wing RC Airplane!\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j8DPAJttj5g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For my first fully 3D printed airplane design, I figured I\u2019d start as simple as possible by designing a flying wing.\u00a0 A standard airplane configuration typically has a distinguishable body, or fuselage, a fixed main wing, and a tail comprised of a horizontal and a vertical stabilizer.\u00a0 A flying wing, on-the-other-hand, is simply a wing with a motor on it that has no distinguishable fuselage, and some designs have a vertical fin or winglets on the wing tips for extra stabilization.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/eric-haddad-solidworks-airplane.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I set out to design a simple concept flying wing, but, as I am wont to do, I made the design a bit more complex in a shallow effort to make it look cooler.\u00a0 What I ended up with isn\u2019t technically a flying wing since it has a distinguishable fuselage.\u00a0 It\u2019s more of a tailless, stagger wing glider, with wrap-around winglets\u2026or something like that.\u00a0 Whatever you want to call it, I think you\u2019ll agree it looks pretty awesome.\u00a0 And, all joking aside, there is some science behind this design.<\/p>\n<p>The symmetrical biplane design will provide extra lift, and the wrap around winglets should make the tips of the wings less prone to stalling in slow flight scenarios.\u00a0 So it <em>should<\/em> be a pretty stable flyer.\u00a0 Will it fly?\u00a0 Check out the video to find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Part 2 of Eric&#8217;s series, he transformed an off-the-shelf foam glider into an R\/C glider using SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD and 3D printing. 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