Originally Posted by
flyintexan
Again, beautiful work Alex. I myself found that in designs such as this (I collaborated with AC Glenn on the "Ariel") the fuselage starts to become a flying balsawood forest. The surface area of such fuselages becomes an immense number. My latest fuse design project is showing a surface area of 1.471 sq meters (with canopy but no rudder). Creating the sub structure with enough minimal integrity for building and a skin that will carry most of the flight loads is a daunting task in designs like these.
-Mark
Hi Mark,
It's true, the structure gets very complex for a plane of this size, only designing it took me around 5 months in total. But it's something very satisfying to see the puzzle of small parts come together just like i imagined and developing from thin fragile balsa sheets into a massive powerful plane.
I like composite construction too, but it's not something i can do by myself at home, you need a fully equipped workshop for that. I saw your new Revo project has a composite fuselage and i'm looking forward to seeing more images of its progress.