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Old 10-08-2012, 07:46 AM
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Default RE: Curare dihedral...?


ORIGINAL: doxilia

One other thought:

To reduce tip weight and avoid having to add pesky balsa wedges, you should have the cutter extend the cores to the very tip and then cut the right wedge angle downward into the blocks after the cores are cut. This will only necessitate some 3/32'' sheet on the tips once the cores are skinned.

The correct tip airfoil may need to be adjusted for this though depending on the wing plan design. I don't recall the two Magic plans at the moment. If the tip calls for a wood wedge (RCM&E?) then the tip airfoil needs to be ''extended'' further out to top tip span of the wing... If that makes sense.

David
This does make sense, though I am building a Curare. Are you suggesting using a tip design like the Magic?