Bloody Wonder 3 Front Fuselage?

[NicCf1]

Hey guys. At 13:33 of the Ft Bloody Wonder build they start to build to Front Fuselage. After Checking the plans I cannot find those two foamboard pieces. Does anybody know where they are?

 

[Foamforce]

Hey guys. At 13:33 of the Ft Bloody Wonder build they start to build to Front Fuselage. After Checking the plans I cannot find those two foamboard pieces. Does anybody know where they are?

That looks like the old version of the Bloody Wonder. The new version has the curved fuselage with the curved doubler on each side. There’s no separate front and back piece.

 

[NicCf1]

Is there an updated video? I cannot find one.

 

[Foamforce]

Is there an updated video? I cannot find one.

I couldn’t find one either. However, the plans are basically the instructions. The sides of the fuselage are a B fold. The nose has a C fold at the top. Then you glue the doublers to the inside sides of the fuselage. The rest is probably the same as the original video.

 

[NicCf1]

I couldn’t find one either. However, the plans are basically the instructions. The sides of the fuselage are a B fold. The nose has a C fold at the top. Then you glue the doublers to the inside sides of the fuselage. The rest is probably the same as the original video.

I don’t think I’m doing it right as the power pod does not fit right.

 

[AIRFORGE]

Make sure your power pod is an A fold, and your fuse is a B fold.

 

[NicCf1]

The power pod does not fit onto the fusagle View attachment 243914

 

[AIRFORGE]

The power pod does not fit onto the fusagle View attachment 243914

The image is not viewable for me.
Assuming the fuse is built with the correct B fold ...and if the pod is built with a B fold, it will be too wide to fit in the fuse.
Can you post an image of the pod and fuse from the end, please?

 

[NicCf1]

The image is not viewable for me.
Assuming the fuse is built with the correct B fold ...and if the pod is built with a B fold, it will be too wide to fit in the fuse.
Can you post an image of the pod and fuse from the end, please?

The front of the fuselage goes over the C fold

 

[Foamforce]

Here are a few photos showing how it goes together.

 

[AIRFORGE]

I see it now. The plans appear in error.
The front of the pod needs notches, similar to the doublers, so it can fit flush to the fuse where the tabs go into the slots.

 

[Foamforce]

I see it now. The plans are in error.
The front of the pod needs notches, similar to the doublers, so it can fit.

No, the plans are correct. I’ve built several of these with these plans. I think what is confusing you is that the front of the power pod doesn’t fit flush against the bottom of the wing. That’s by design. The C fold area in the front gives the power pod some downward thrust angle. That’s intentional.

 

[AIRFORGE]

No, the plans are correct. I’ve built several of these with these plans. I think what is confusing you is that the front of the power pod doesn’t fit flush against the bottom of the wing. That’s by design. The C fold area in the front gives the power pod some downward thrust angle. That’s intentional.

How do the tabs fit into the slots in the fuse?

 

[Foamforce]

How do the tabs fit in to the slots in the fuse?

The front tabs on the power pod don’t engage the front slots, or maybe only barely. The rear tabs of the power pod do engage the slots in the wing, and that’s what keeps it from sliding forward.

 

[AIRFORGE]

The front tabs on the power pod don’t engage the front slots, or maybe only barely. The rear tabs of the power pod do engage the slots in the wing, and that’s what keeps it from sliding forward.

To me that is design error. As for down thrust angle, it is very minimal as designed. Maybe less than 1 degree.
I would prefer all slots fitted fully, and a couple of 1mm washers added behind the motor for thrust angle.

 

[NicCf1]

Here are a few photos showing how it goes together.

Could you get a picture of the top of the fuselage looking at it from below? The part where you see the C fold and top of fuselage?

 

[Foamforce]

To me that is design error. As for down thrust angle, it is very minimal as designed. Maybe less than 1 degree.
I would prefer all slots fitted fully, and a couple of 1mm washers added behind the motor for thrust angle.

They are constrained by standard power pack design, and that has two tabs. Other designs also use just one set of the tabs. To get around this, they would either need to modify the power pod, which is undesirable, or add additional complexity such as another spacer at the top that would engage both tabs. But that would weight more, remove the small amount of downward thrust angle, and add an extra step. It may look a little odd at first, but it’s a practical design decision, imo. That’s just my opinion though!

 

[Foamforce]

Could you get a picture of the top of the fuselage looking at it from below? The part where you see the C fold and top of fuselage?

Sure! I showed the bottom of the fuselage next to the top of the power pod in this picture so you can see how things align.

 

[Foamforce]

Sure! I showed the bottom of the fuselage next to the top of the power pod in this picture so you can see how things align.

PS, this is a Bloody Baron, but this part is the same.

 

[NicCf1]

Sure! I showed the bottom of the fuselage next to the top of the power pod in this picture so you can see how things align.

Oooh. So from what I can gather the pod is supposed to rest on the c fold and not sit flush with it.