The wingtips are a little trickier to form, since the spar only goes as far as the middle. To help them to shape up, I placed the wing spacer on the tip to force the curve. Works wonderfully. Also, its better to glue the creases first, then glue the wing to the spar and spacer.
Hows the build going? I'm probably going to start one this weekend if I have some time. I've got some motors and servos that need to be used for something, and this looks fantastic!
I haven't got the time and material to continue, LOL.
Its seams that foam is outr of stock on the shops. And it's the end of the semester, and the students go crazy about their grades.
Maybe I can resume work next week.
I'm having a local office store print out the plans with a plotter so I don't have to tile together pieces of paper. I'll pick them up this evening and start building!
Not yet, but I guess it will be the same setup as the FT Cruiser (or very similar). I cannot use a prop larger than 8".
I'm still a n00b to power setups and stuff.
A slight miscalculation of my part. On the 3D file, I tough the servo would fit under the wing. But no worries. I just traced it out and cut a pocket. The good thing is that the servo surface is flush with the bottom surface of the wing. You mys reinforce the servo with packaging tape.
Checking for level. The nacelles base must be parallel to the wing Mid Section base. Use a table to check if the nacelles are level with each other.
I', a little concerned about prop clearance. I designed this plane to be able to use 8" dual bladed props (even tough this plane asks for a 3 bladed prop). But I've eyeballed it, and it seems it may slightly hit the body. But I guess I should finish the plane first and take conclusions later, hu?
The first idea was to make'em round. But I was having some problems on doing so. So I decided to keep'em simple, at least for a first prototype. The power pod is too big to make a good round nacelle for a plane this size.
I still don't have the posterboard pieces. I wanted to try to see how this foamboard bends. It really difficult to remove all the paper from it, but I discovered that if you remove enough, it will bend easely, no problem.