Manta
The Manta is a flying wing powered by an electric ducted fan, published as a pull-out plan in RC Pilot magazine, issue 91, June 2011.
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Specifications
- Wingspan
- 1,406 mm
- Length
- 1,030 mm
- All-up weight
- 1,160 g
- Scale
- Not applicable
- Wing airfoil
- Eppler E184
- Year designed
- 2011
- Design and build
- Jérôme Meuland
- Wing area
- 44 dm²
- Wing loading
- 26.5g/dm²
- Ducted fan
- Multiplex DF 69
- Electric motor
- HiMax HA 2825-3600 (35A/350W)
- ESC
- XPower XReg 60
- Flight battery
- 3S1P 3250 mAh
- Channels
- 5
- Servos
- Ailerons / elevator: 2 Hitec HS 81 MG; rudders: 2 Multiplex Nano-S
Magazine plans
Download — Pull-out plan - Sheet 1TIF · 1.1 MB
Download — Pull-out plan - Sheet 2TIF · 815.9 KB
Building instructions
Download — Building instructionsPDF · 2.8 MB
Articles
Download — Article published in RC PilotPDF · 4.6 MB
Videos
- Download — Video of the second flight
MP4 · 6.5 MB
Photo credits: Laurent Michelet, Laurent Buissyne, and Jérôme Meuland
Video: Laurent Michelet
RC Pilot article reproduced by kind permission of Laurent Michelet