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The fuselage is primarily constructed in glassfibre. Carbon reinforcement is used in the large diameter tailboom, and the result is very stiff. The one-piece V-tail is bolt-on and resides in a decent sized seat, meaning the entire tail-group is very solid with no possibility of movement in the air. The heavyweight glass construction also is transparent to radar and allows the noseweight and radio equipment a better chance to reflect the radar emissions from the gun and get you that personal best! A rudimentary radar reflector is also fitted in the most forward part of the nose. So far the model is showing up very well on the gun, but the reflector experiments are ongoing and new designs of reflector will be tried and incorporated if proven better. Flying The DS Falcon flies smooth but responsive. So far at beyond 200
mph no signs at all of loss of control authority, bunting or tucking-under
or bending, or “squirrelly” behaviour has been seen,
or even hinted at. Quite often DS specific slopes only offer tiny
landing zones or “front side” landings. The Falcon’s
crow-braking is strong, allowing the model to be landed in small
areas. So far no landing zones have troubled it. Given the amount
of heavyweight carbon in the lay-up, the wing loading is quite a
bit higher than you’re average 2 metre sport model. None the
less it shows no adverse traits. However being an efficient model
it will fly in quite light lift, but that’s not what its intended
for! I designed it to operate reliably at beyond 200 mph, which is
not an “average” flight envelope for the vast majority
of RC aircraft.
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