Namactual
Elite member
Well, it's been a full six months since I worked on this. The cold winter months take more and more out of me every year it seems. I am starting to see the correlation between Florida and retirement.
Anyway, I still plan to finish this outside of the FTFC. If anything the experimentation with foam board build techniques is worth it. I kept bouncing back and forth between the larger more detailed build, just refining the original build which I was not really happy with and the detailed smaller build which had all of the design work done already but is design overkill.
To get out of my rut, I just need to build. If I put off building until I am happy with the design I will never get this done. The small detailed build it is.
So without further ado...
This wing is more complicated than most foam board designs, but not overly so. It still uses mostly basic FT techniques, but just using more steps. I put A LOT of work into what I think will help from an aero and flight characteristic standpoint, but I am doing all of this in my head and by gut feel. This could end up flying worse than the original.
I did the prints and build in about 8 hours split between three days. I will finish this, but it might take a while. Even though the contest is over I will post the updates here.
Anyway, I still plan to finish this outside of the FTFC. If anything the experimentation with foam board build techniques is worth it. I kept bouncing back and forth between the larger more detailed build, just refining the original build which I was not really happy with and the detailed smaller build which had all of the design work done already but is design overkill.
To get out of my rut, I just need to build. If I put off building until I am happy with the design I will never get this done. The small detailed build it is.
So without further ado...
This wing is more complicated than most foam board designs, but not overly so. It still uses mostly basic FT techniques, but just using more steps. I put A LOT of work into what I think will help from an aero and flight characteristic standpoint, but I am doing all of this in my head and by gut feel. This could end up flying worse than the original.
I did the prints and build in about 8 hours split between three days. I will finish this, but it might take a while. Even though the contest is over I will post the updates here.
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