So I managed to find enough free time today to finish the main wing. Yay! The wing's cross section is a flat bottomed airfoil. To achieve a smooth curve on the top of the wing, I peeled the paper off the underside of the foam board, and glued it on to the bottom half with the side still covered with paper facing up. I don't like the idea of having the paper be the outer surface of the plane, so I plan to put a thin layer of fiberglass on the outside of the plane.
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| It went from this... |
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...to this.
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Despite the visible progress, it's still not done yet. Dang. I still need to add vertical stabilizers on the wing tips, attach the control surfaces and cut out an access hatch in the top of the wing so I can take out the battery and receiver, as well as service the other components.
Speaking of components, here is a parts list that covers all of the electronics that went/are going into this thing:
And if anyone is wondering why I'm making this out of foam board as opposed to a slightly more legitimate building material, it because this stuff is really easy to work with, it strong enough for this application, and this
particular brand is ridiculously inexpensive (around $1.00 per 20" by 30" sheet).
That's all for today. I'm short on time, so this had to be a short post. Here's another photo of the plane.
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| Ugh. It would be sooo much cooler if it were actually flying. |
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