Radio Control Airplanes:
Pictured above is Doug Gard and his X-Projects RC North American X-15. The radio control airplane is of all composite construction. Power for the rc airplane is from an Aerotech 1200W-RMS motor.
The first picture below is of the North American X-15 rc from Steve of RC Groups. The rc airplane has a wing span of 9" and a length of 29". Propelling Steve's radio control airplane is a Pyrotechnic motor.
Estes has a 14 inch long free flight rocket of the North American X-15.
The final picture on this page is of the profile rc North American X-15 built by Frank Burke. Wing span of the radio control airplane is 19" and length is 27". Frank uses a Park 180 motor turning a 6 x 5.5 propeller to push his X-15 rc airplane.
We received the following email from Frank:
Hi, I’ve built an flown a profile pusher electric
rc X-15, runs on a full flying tail only, very docile and good flight performance,
I just converted to take a rocket, motor so you can launch vertically under
rocket, or fly it on electric, this was featured in a recent issue of model
aviation, I’ve done several X planes, all profiles. The X-15 rc was one of my first and is very simple to build out of
depron, and flies very very well. In case you are interested, ran across your
web site today and saw the couple of other attempts. My RC X-15 belly lands no
problem and will fly in very small areas. I’ll attach a photo, and the thread with a couple of
links to videos is in the thread if interested, plans are posted with a link
also in the thread, they are free for download.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forum/showthread.php?t=792545
videos at:
http://www.rcgroups.com/foru/showpost.php?p=8967690&postcount=1
modified version with electric and vertical rocket launch:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php? p=10965766&postcount=78
If you know of a RC North American X-15 that you would like to recommend or have built a North American X-15 RC or rocket, please email us.