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Re: New MOC: RedTail air-racer
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lugnet.space
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Sat, 26 Mar 2005 22:27:53 GMT
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I was wondering how you got the shape of the wings and now I can see. That’s
some wonderfully clever geometry. Did it take a lot of iterations to come up
with that design, or was it fairly straightforward?
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Thanks for thinking it is cleaver, but really it is just simple geometry. When I
get an idea for a model I always work it out on paper first. In this case I knew
the general proportions (length vs. width) of the wing and using plate thickness
as a measuring unit figured out the length of each section, the thickness, and
the points where I can anchor the slopping parts. As for iterations, in this
case I built a really quick prototype of the wing just to make sure everything
fit, looked right, and to work out the landing gear geometry.
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Am I correct in thinking that on the far right of that picture (toward the
front of the wing, in the center) that the 1x1’s with the eyelets are joined
together with bars? It appears that way, at least from the pic and that
would seem to be an excellent way to keep the top and bottom half of the wing
closed at the leading edge.
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Yup, that is exactly what I did. All of the sloping portions (the wings, the
engines, and the tail) are all anchored in a similar fashion.
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Thanks for sharing this great model with us.
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Thank you for your nice comments!
Brent
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| (...) I would say you achieved that in a superb way. At least the retro thing is the first thought I when I looked at it. I like the fact that it looks tough. It looks like it could take some punishment during a long hard flight. (...) In this case (...) (20 years ago, 25-Mar-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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