Popular Fixed-Wing Airframes

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[edit] Classification

Typical categories:

  • Scale Trainer - Proven amateur aviation designs
<Super Cub Picture>
<Example Picture>
  • Foamie Pusher Glider/Trainer - good starter planes, stable with very low crash damage, easy to fly
<Easy Star Picture>
<Example Picture>
  • Stick Trainer - Designed for ease of assembly ('clip on')
<Slow Stick Picture>
<Example Picture>
  • Stick Pusher Glider/Trainer - Designed for ease of assembly ('clip on')
<Wing Dragon Picture>
<EPP-FPV Picture>
  • Sailplanes
  • Foamie Sailplane - durable airframes, somewhat more aerodynamic than a pusher, but with more risk to the motor in crashes
<Easy Glider Picture>
<Phoenix 2000 Picture>
  • Scale Sailplane - with large cockpit, usually fiberglass
<ASW28 Fibreglass Picture>
<DG1000 Picture>
  • Thermal Sailplanes - "Pod and boom" design, pricy materials, best endurance available, candidate for solar conversion
<Super Ava Pro Picture>
<Canary SQ Picture>
  • Discus Launched Gliders - have greater structural support, a knob at the end for swinging the plane around to launch, aerodynamic features to allow quick self-stabilization, and sometimes a gyrostabilizer
<Example Picture>
<Example Picture>
  • Hotliners - Quick, 'Full House' sailplanes designed for steep climbs, then a series of acrobatic gliding maneauvers
<Example Picture>
<Example Picture>
  • Twin Boom Pusher - a traditional military UAV format, with joined tail
<Vamp Picture>
<Example Picture>
  • Delta Wing & Blended Wing pusher jets
<Funjet Picture>
<Stryker Picture>
  • Flying Wings - Parkflyers that can get to extreme speeds but still glide slowly
<Ritewing Zephyr Picture>
<Queen Bee Picture>
  • Flying Tube - A thin-chord flying wing with significant sweep mounted to the middle of a pipe-shaped fuselage, with a pusher prop and no vertical stabilizers or tail
  • Amphibious - with a planing hull and high wing/tail/motor
<Example Picture>
<Example Picture>
  • Canard & Tandem Wing - Compact, maneuverable at low speeds
<LongEZ Picture>
<Example Picture>
  • Flying Disks
<UFO-AP Picture>
<Example Picture>
  • Pylon Racers
<Example Picture>
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  • Scale Turbine Jets (not covered here) The fastest model planes are powered by actual jet turbines, and because of speeds & RPM, are dangerous to fly around people
<Example Picture>
<Example Picture>
  • Scale EDF Jets & Warbirds (not covered here) These molded foam creations are often more than capable in the air, but their focus is on simulating an actual plane rather than flying
<Example Picture>
<Example Picture>
  • 3D Foamie - (not covered here) These flat-pack plane designs are clipped together with an absolute minimum weight, and an eye for aerobatics. Defined by their lack of any shaped airfoil
<Example Picture>
<Example Picture>
  • Indoor / Micro Model Aircraft (not covered here) Models too small/slow/light to be useful carrying a payload on a calm day; These tend to have a wingspan under 80cm

[edit] Models:

(models notably popular for FPV/UAV in bold)

[edit] 50-80cm

[edit] 80-110cm

[edit] 110-150cm

[edit] 150-210cm

[edit] 2.1m-3m

[edit] 3m-10m

[edit] To Add

  • All models marked "hobbyking" or "hobby lobby", after determining manufacturer
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