Stable glider V7a + Notch for rubber band launch (50m+ range)

This glider will be: 

• Furthest gliding

• Quickest to print

• Printable on Prusa mini

• Continually improved through Iterative design 

Flight preparation:

• Bend wings upward (5 degrees is best I've found) (Dihedral)

• Bend rear elevators UP (points nose up)

• Hold it just behind the wings

• Throw medium hard (or launch with rubber band)

Check out another glider: https://www.printables.com/model/478442-lockheed-martin-rq-3-darkstar-rubber-band-launchth

V7a footage

V7a footage2

Some footage of the glider in slow-motion (15%)(V4)

Changelog:

V8: (coming soon)

• Thicker Kline–Fogleman airfoil allowing for possbile joining of parts to make longer stiffer wings

• winglets

V7a-IS: 

• Added input shaping BGCODE (Input shaping, 5% infill (lightning).

V7a:

• Lightning infill (5%) GCODE

• Even bigger notch for rubber band launch

• CFD analysis soon

VBW:

• Added alternative 355mm wingspan model to glue together (will make a clip together version when I figure out how)

V6:

• Removed wing area from V5. 

• Added a KFm2 aerofoil to the wing (stepped wing)

• Enlarged wingspan by 5mm (still allows for skirt)

• Reduced wing thickness to 0.2mm

• Updated pictures to V6

V5(untested outside):

• Scaled the wing size up by 100% in the Y direction giving the glider a lower aspect ratio

(Also try the MQ-9 reaper thrown-glider and my remix of the ‘Stable flyer V’ by João Hackbart)

Fuselage based on João Hackbart's Stable flyer VI 

Footage of stupid things I've tried:

• 510mm long wingspan