@@matycee lol what? Even a confident, licensed pilot would agree with this statement. Thats is "experimental". Don't speak for pilots when you clearly aren't one.
The Delta is actually a very stable airplane. Listen to the wind noise in the vid... any airplane is going to be tossed around with wind like that, no matter what configuration it's in. The big fat wing gives it very gentle stalls, too, with no tendency to do flip-flops like some delta wing aircraft. With a whopping 50hp, the thing scoots along with a VNE of 270k[h (167 mph) and stalls at 85 kph (52mph). It's actually a very nice airplane with a good safety record. It's also rated at +/-6 g. But yes, some RC planes do have a larger wingspan! They also have a 2 seater. Cheers, jc
@@ayokay123 167 mph is its Vne speed. (maximum airspeed before it is unsafe to go any faster in stable air) any plane that flies can nose toward the ground and reach a maximum speed. It's the cruise speed that is what really matters when you're trying to go somewhere.
This Video was taken two days before the airshow , it must leave to another airport ,that is why you don't see the landing .To please me he made a few runs over the airport .More info of the designer you can find Here www.verheesengineering.com/
I was thinking the same. Looks like it would be very tricky considering there's such little clearance between the wing tips, the tail, and the ground. Cool plane though.
@@KingDadNC to bad there is no way to set it up with a gyro like the use for rc planes, aileron, elevator and rudder controls run through the gyro and it counteracts unstable air so flying in the wind is not an issue
@@blackbirdxx928 With a strong enough gyroscope, it could even keep the landing gear with only two wheels and replace the tiny wheels in each wing with a small rubber shield.
The way it constantly rocks in flight shows me that the design of the Aircraft makes it a task to fly and and maintain stability! It fly's like a "crash waiting to happen!"
Looks like a UFO from a distance. I'm sure the prop noise kinda gives it away though. Love it and appreciate what went into building the craft. And that engine purrs like a kitten. 10,000 thumbs up.
you are absolutely right Cruise speed 220 km/h or 120 Nmiles/hour and uses only 13l/hour or 3.45 gal/hour Read more on :www.verheesengineering.com/gb/delta.html
Many compliments for the original but functional aircraft !!! the pilot has courage to sell! !! who built the plane really has a lot of brain ☺☺☺☺☺👍👍👍👍👍
As usually happens with makers of such planes, he tried his hardest to make it tail-less, then went with wing-tip fins, and finally the best versions became tractor prop with a fin right in the prop blast. Canova, Cheranovsky, Fauvel, Arup and others went the same route, eventually dispensing with tail-less and all putting a fin on it and solving all problems. Lippisch made several long swept-wing deltas and then some short aspect ratio. Most famous is p-13a , and partially completed test glider, which was captured and became much-studied -by Vought and Convair especially. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rQNPl5DdS5I.html See Lippisch Delta-IVc(DFS-39c) Then Messerschmitt put a rocket into the eventual longer-wing development for the Me-163 which he worked on while others built the little DM-1 glider. The little propeller planes looked nice, and all scooted along on tiny engines like this or as small as 30hp for 90mph in his Delta-1. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BNQJRIwKzTE.html Note the one moment where it seems to fall sideways while in a steeply-banked turn. The center tailfin/rudder and tractor prop cures that kind of problem on a plane with no fuselage or tail-less planes. It's sometimes called brushless, when it has a fin but no separate tailplane. The Arup was quick and nimble and better-behaved than anything we see today, simple cheap and rugged, ignored by the markets like these other tail-less, lifting body, or all-wing planes. Sush designs are starting to make a come-back due to fuel economy awareness, as well as making designs which are smaller and more prone to being stealthy.
@@56squadron Actually it looks a lot like a Lippisch P.13A or it's predecessor, the Lippisch DM-1 which were German "all wing" delta aircraft that was experimented with during WW2
The plane was leaving to another airfield to make place for the static planes , so it didn't land that day on the same field . Want to see the landing watch this : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rEwIv2jX08c.html
I heard of the saying, don't come a knocking if the van is rocking, but I'm not sure what the rule is when your Delta wing is a rocking.....don't go a flopping??? That thing is would make me sea sick. I wonder how unstable it is at stall speed?? ....stall speed 140 ? Lol
I’m no aircraft buff, but I seem to remember way back in the 1950’s “yes that long ago “ The Americans had a huge nuclear strike bomber called the flying wing of almost identical design. I watched with awe film of this marvel wondering in my childlike way how the hell it could fly. Anyone else remember this?
It’s kind of ugly, but clever in so many ways. Such as low drag landing gear requiring only the nose gear to actually retract. The craft is low to the ground, but high in the front for propeller clearance, and they takeoff roll is at high angle of attack, ideal for a short field type scenario. The cockpit and the vertical stabilizer are part of a single aerodynamic unit. I think it works like an F106, what are used to work on when I was a young man, where the Delta wing trailing edge, the ailerons and horizontal stabilizer are combined. I think he could really have something refining it to a much higher aspect ratio wing, and a wing not so fat. I mean I really admire what has been done here. Truly remarkable. Great to see it fly, a little wobbly, but looks like so fun to fly.
Maintaining control even in the stillest weather looks challenging… but I imagine equipping it with a parachute wouldn’t be too difficult. It‘d be of no help during takeoff or landing, but I’d still buy two if I knew I could push a big red “PARACHUTE” button during a higher altitude emergency. It looks like a rollicking good fun airplane to fly! Any idea if the inventor has plans to bring it to market?
HELPFUL NOTE FOR THOSE WITH OTHER THINGS TO DO TODAY: The plane doesn't move an inch until 2:20. Video is actually pretty good AFTER THAT POINT! Way too much lead-in. Seems like a fun little bird.
it looked very sensitive to control surface movement, it did have a bit of a cross wind on take off and its yaw was very noticeable. how is it to fly ? do you constantly have to fight the controls at slower speeds and how does it handle on a short final at approach speeds before cutting power to touch down ?
It looks like my old trike, except you sit in the wing rather than below it. Instead of flying it by changing the CG, i.e. weight shift, you modify the wing shape. Cool.
