Reminds me of the F-15 concept proposed for the AFTI program.
Since when did Kickstarter become people\'s personal charities? This is getting ridiculous.

Should be interesting to see just how much those verticals destabilize things. Could make life rather interesting especially with a hi hp tail dragger.
I need a new car I wonder if i can figure out how to make that work on kickstarter. I know need to buy a pair of Ferraris one in red and the other in black to see which is the bigger chick magnet. Yup thats gotta be a worthwhile project...

No reason it couldn\'t work, provided that he enlarges the vertical tail to compensate for that extra side-area at the CG.

The P51 Mustang has a verticle component built into it\'s fuselage (look at a front view). Drag and visibility will be issues.

Maybe the tail section would not be necessary if their functions could be incorporated into the vertical and horizontal wings. Just a thought.

I would have gone with a set of vertical canards front and mid-ship. Way less drag and enough directional control to recruit the fuselage as a running surface...

Fun idea, except it won\'t technically be knife-edge stunt flying anymore with those second set of wings. Isn\'t that the challenge of doing knife-edged stunts is the difficulty because of traditional wing placement?

Why doesn\'t he just build a tie fighter like Darth Vader flew? Then he could equip it with some really nifty blasters and seek revenge on the judges at the air shows who think that his new stunts are just a wee bit too passe\'. I\'ve never heard of Kickstarter before, but it seems to me too from the comments that he might be putting it to an improper use. May the force be with him.
Randy

Matt, you have a good idea for additional control surfaces. How much thought have you put into making some of the leading or trailing edges adjustable ( maybe automatic ) to compensate for unexpected flight characteristics when you start your rotational stunts. Maybe the time in the wind tunnel will give you enough data to finish this design. Great idea, but you may end up controlling with two hands instead of one.

This is nothing \"new\" I\'ve been doing it with model airplanes for more then ten years! works fine... the ONLY problem I see is one of G forces, the human heart can take a lot up and down but not much side to side! He could actually rip his heart loose and die wile pulling side g\'s...