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Old 06-26-2002 | 10:04 PM
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Default NEED HELP!!! Scratch-building a V-22 Osprey

Noah
I too couldn't find any real good drawings.The 3 views that Boeing has are what I used.I imported the drawings into RcCad and strecthed the RcCad model to the v-22 drawings and then the program drew up the formers that I used to build mine.

The full scale use a NACA 64 A214 airfoil if I remember right and the engineer at the Brandy wine airport musuem told me that the wing loading was in the 100 LB/ sq/ft area.He also said that it doesn't make any difference as the real bad area for wingloading is takeoff and landing and since that is all done in helicopter mode you don't have to worry about wingloading much.Unless you plan on looping and rolling a v-22 which is the other area that wingloading affects.My last years bird was in the 79 /sq area and it would rotate from a 60 deg. forward nacelle rolling takeoff ,until I remade the gearboxes and run the wingloading up to 110 /sq area or so.My total weight at that time was 18 LBS. /out fuel.

I ran an airfoil program called Designfoil by John Dresse and found that a NACA 64 210==== different than the 64A airfoils=== seemed to have the best lift for what weight I had.Then I found a place that tells all the airplanes airfoils and it seems this is the airfoil that Bell used on the first tilt wing ,the XV-3.It was heavy underpowered , recipircal engine===just like ours.So that is what I have been using.

My wing is almost the same length as the fuse.( fuse 58 "/ wing 52") I figured a little more wing would maybe help and not show to much.I also have a wider chord than the real one.(10"==about 1 " more than would be scale).

Hope this helps some
Larry