Alrighty, I’d say this is, hmmm day 8? Day 9? Let me go check... ah,
Day 9: Wing Attachment and Placement
After getting most of the fuse and wing put together, me and my dad were able to do a CG test. Unfortunately the CG was way to far back. The two fixes we had in mind were to move the batteries to the nose, or to move the motors further forward. We decided after some testing that doing both would be smart. Took but five minutes to redesign the new motor mounts. They will now stick an extra 3” forward from the wing and then be lifted up for a central thrust force, instead of a low one with the motors lower (what’s the word for this?). Then adding the much needed nose to it. Pictures were posted above In the “sneak peek”.
Now, mounting the wing. This was the hardest part so far.
Using the sheer joint mount for the wings is easy. We drilled a hole into the top of the spar down through the two square dowels and the square dowel between the two for removal of the wing. Then we tapped (added threads) the spar and we can now screw nylon bolts into her.
Then, to mount the wing to the fuse, we added some ply wood to the bottom of the wing and top of the fuse, did some tapping and whalla, we have a mounted wing. Aligning everything and getting it all square was pretty tough. It took us about 2 hours to get this all sorted out. But it is now removable and easy-ish to put together!
(Upside down fuse, you can see the ply wood in the middle there)
Also, added some more support down the fuse for stability and for less of the wiggly gigglies. Also, added some landing gear. Servos are now added to the fuse as well.
We decided that dedicating the nose to electronics would be a good idea.
Red=where future receiver would go
Green = battery placement
All that’s left to do is finish up with control surfaces, paint, and then add a tail wheel! We are so close!
Also, still looking at names. Albatross was one suggested, any other good ones?