Any interest in the Slopeaerobatics LeFish glider?

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mcphatty

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The LeFish is an aerobatic slope glider, designed by Steve Lange over at slopeaerobatics.com. I believe the entire horizontal stab rotates for elevator movement, making for some unique maneuvers.

With the lack of smaller slope gliders in RF, I think this would be a welcome addition to the sim.

Plans: http://slopeaerobatics.com/le_fish.pdf
All the information you could possibly need on the plane: http://lefish.wikia.com/wiki/Le_Fishipedia
Youtube video of it flying: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oBuqhEg0xU

If there's already something similar to this that has been done, please point me in that direction!

Thanks in advance,
M
 
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I'm glad to see there's some interest in it! Hopefully one of the modelers here takes interest enough to put one together for us.
 
In this zip you will find a rfx, max file, and CS tga for the LeFish. It has the holes in the wings behind the main spar and skin geometry with the ~SBS material applied over that. Basic physics have been applied; nothing more. It is not mapped nor is there a CS. This is far as I'm willing to take this project. Maybe someone else will take it further.????.

Remove the .rfx to use the zip.
 

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Don't mention it. It is just the basic model with no servos or anything. I only have 40 minutes into it.;)
 
It needs to be mapped.
A CS needs to be made.
Physics refinements need to be done to fly like the real thing.
 
Yeah map it and place them where you like. If a model isn't mapped then no specific CS can be made.
 
Thanks Doug, I appreciate it! I think the only challenging thing will be getting the plane to "flip" correctly.
 
I have a Le Fish, so I could get the physics accurate. Mine has a full flying stab on it like Steve's so I'll make that version. I have already made other gliders in RF do mad flips so it won't take long.
 
Anyone care to help out on the mapping? I can handle the colorschemes, and it looks like Doug and 3-DMan are willing to work on the physics.
 
Great! Let me know when you're done with that, and I can start on the CS, while the other guys work on the physics.
 
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