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V-Tail for Pumping - Rapid Prototyping

V-Tail for Pumping - Rapid Prototyping

This v-shaped stabi has been in my head for quite a while already: 240 mm span, 82 sqcm area, GOE599 profile at -2deg AOA.

It feels similar to pumping without a stabilizer but it's a more reactive.

"6/10 would not build again πŸ˜… but it paved the way for an improved Gen2" is what I've said in the beginning but it has actually become one of my favorite stabs :)

Here are the STLs:

Wing

Mold top

Mold bottom

The mold was printed from PLA. The wing has several layers of carbon and glass (~1200 g/mΒ² overall).

This is an article from August 2022, that was initially posted on foil-labs.com which became builders-blog.com in January 2026.

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antonβ€’ loading...
probably stiffer if you make a mold and wet-laminate?
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Christian
Christianβ€’ loading...
yeah, definitely but the point was trying if it's doable.
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