Moving the Viggen to its autum and winter location. The basement!
Thinking of just making it into a static model until i can afford to make some serious building on it. So i guess i will just have to bring it up from the basement when i feel that i want to work on it during the winter.
This question might sound a little silly, but since i´m not exactly a model expert, here it goes:
When installing an engine to the model, which engine do you choose, an engine that gives a higher T/W ratio to the model than the real plane to do some crazy stuff, or and engine that gives the model a similar T/W of the real plane for realism?
Thats not a silly question In fact its a very good question.
First of all you need to decide on what type of engine you want to use, jet, electric, 2 or 4 stroke combustion. After that you need to calculate the total weight of the aircraft with all the parts needed (engineweight, electronics, batteries, servos etc..). I had a pro done this for me because i dont have a software or the "knowledge" to calculate it right. This way you get the numbers you´ll need for you to choose how powerful engine you´ll need to get the thing up in the air.
This might also show that you first choice of engine, lets say like in my case the combustion one will not be able to do the job safly. So in short the first priority is to choose an engine tha gives you a T/W ratio to get it flying safly.
To get an aircraft to behave like the original, you usally use the electronics to simulate the behaviour. (This is what i have been told).
Hope my answer made any sense.
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