mad_milchmann
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Hi there!
I was thinking about building a FT duster with detachable wings, as soon as I've finishe the Baby Blender.
To make it more transportabel, I had the Idea to make the wings detachable.
I had a look at the Article of Backpackmodels but I try to think about an easier way of making the wings detachable.
so I came up with this:
after building the fuselage you simply cut from the end of the holes of the wings to the bottom and through it.
Then you do the same about 1/3 of the wing length from the trailing edge, and you should have a nice hole in the bottom of the fuselage to slide your wing in and out.
To make it more clear what I mean I'll attach a picture.
I guess that you'll loose al ot of stability from cutting in there, so you'll need to strenghten the fuselage with small balsa-wood sticks in the area I marked grey in the picture.
Then you'll just add two barbecue skewers and fix the wing in place with some rubber-bands.
To save the wings from moving to the sides you might add some little foambaord pieses on the underside of the wing right outside the fuselage... but I don't know if this is necessary.
what do you think about it? does that make sense or is it plane stupid?
I was thinking about building a FT duster with detachable wings, as soon as I've finishe the Baby Blender.
To make it more transportabel, I had the Idea to make the wings detachable.
I had a look at the Article of Backpackmodels but I try to think about an easier way of making the wings detachable.
so I came up with this:
after building the fuselage you simply cut from the end of the holes of the wings to the bottom and through it.
Then you do the same about 1/3 of the wing length from the trailing edge, and you should have a nice hole in the bottom of the fuselage to slide your wing in and out.
To make it more clear what I mean I'll attach a picture.
I guess that you'll loose al ot of stability from cutting in there, so you'll need to strenghten the fuselage with small balsa-wood sticks in the area I marked grey in the picture.
Then you'll just add two barbecue skewers and fix the wing in place with some rubber-bands.
To save the wings from moving to the sides you might add some little foambaord pieses on the underside of the wing right outside the fuselage... but I don't know if this is necessary.
what do you think about it? does that make sense or is it plane stupid?