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Would have to define "fly" more precisely. ANYTHING can fly and WILL land. Now if that's straight and level and survivable is a totally different question. But I will say in my youth, I did some aerodynamic testing on the basic fuselage of egg "planes" (no wings) and they flew quite well with a pretty good distance flight. The sudden impact into the neighbor's door though prevented me from testing the landing ability. 😈

 

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There's some pretty ugly and ungainly aircraft out there that when you look at them you think "how the heck can that thing fly?". So anything is possible I'd say.

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With the advent of styrofoam RC planes, people were bound to get creative. 

 

There is a distinct subset of RC foamies and they are called "cartoon planes" with the obligatory cartoonish appearance that you would find in a Sunday comic strip. 

 

https://parkflyerplastics.com/cart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=24_62

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Love the picture of the Goblin.  The pensive pilot contemplating what he is about to get himself into and the casual engineer reassuring him, " Oh yeah.  It'll fly.  I mean, we're sure that flying is not going to be an issue at all.  Well, pretty sure.  I mean sure nobody has actually flown it, but there's virtually no chance it won't fly.  For at least a little while.  Probably.  (long pause)  I would work on landings first.  If I were you.  See you at the club."

 

Rick L.

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On 9/18/2018 at 1:17 AM, VADM Fangschleister said:

With the advent of styrofoam RC planes, people were bound to get creative. 

 

There is a distinct subset of RC foamies and they are called "cartoon planes" with the obligatory cartoonish appearance that you would find in a Sunday comic strip. 

 

https://parkflyerplastics.com/cart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=24_62

 

Well well well. As a famous hollywood actor once said "i have got to get me one of these"    Thanks for that link, you more or less answered my question. They do fly 😄 

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On 9/19/2018 at 2:21 PM, breadneck said:

 

Well well well. As a famous hollywood actor once said "i have got to get me one of these"    Thanks for that link, you more or less answered my question. They do fly 😄 

Basic aerodynamic laws still hold, of course.  But...given that the Reynolds number is much lower, that is, you cannot change the size of a molecule of air so therefore, the fluid effect going over a model airplane is less effective than over the full-scale machine, airfoils are more efficient with a more exaggerated cross-section.  With that said, I'm sure with some trial & error, you could make a foamie egg plane and might even start a new trend. 

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