I wanted to get some cool chase shots of my RC plane and decided to create a passive camera drogue to be towed behind my AXN. The design was pretty simple, using a Styrofoam cup, foam wing/stabilizer, bolts to lower the CG, and fishing line. The flight attitude is pretty stable, but since the drogue is so light it jumps around a lot and I have some lateral oscillation issues at low speeds. I plan on increasing the drogue wing area and adding wingtips to help stabilize it. The drogue didn't affect the flight performance as much as I thought it would, but when it was unpowered, it acted like a windsock that wanted to turn the plane into the wind.
