Flying through the world of aeronautics

So in the last post we concluded that the wing extenders weren't doing what they were supposed to be doing. So, what are they good for? Why is the wing extender still in use? The video goes into detail, enjoy!

Stability testing: Something I could have done two months ago in two hours but for some reason didn't do it. So I finally decided to do them, and here are my results. I'll start with the aircraft (Abi) without the vertical stabilizers. I could probably just give you a video and let you decide for yourself, but there's no reason to waste that much time. There's only one conclusion It was a disaster.  The wing extenders barely helped with yaw stability. I felt like i was in Tokyo drift trying to fly that plane around. Once the wind died down yaw stabilized a little, but was still off. It's obviously better than a pure plank flying wing, but obviously still very bad.  After i slapped on some vertical stabilizer, it was perfect, stable, and everything I could ask for. Yaw was stable. Roll, pitch, all stable. Here's something else; I'm still in High school, so i'm not very "in-depth" of aeronautics. Some things i still do not know h

Long story short, i'm back with more frequent posts. I decided at the beginning of the summer that if I couldnt find an internship, I would work as hard as I could in order to gain more experience. This way, I could also get a head start on my science fair project. So far, I still don't know how I will word it, or how I will present it, but here is what I have so far. I'm designing two aircraft to support in the duties of people like firemen, and policemen, maybe even EMT's. One is a larger aircraft, designed to take air at the same time, or before the service men take road. It currently has a wing span of 80~ inches, an estimated flight time of 50 minutes, and a flight range (one way) of 25 miles. The range is probably better than expected, since I calculated the data using a cruise speed of 30 mph. I also occasionally cut the throttle (this thing glides beautifully), and that might increase the range, but for now the range is pretty short, and needs to be i