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Old 04-18-2004 | 06:47 PM
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Default RE: Typhoon

Welp, here's a sneak peek.

I totally redesigned the wings and tail. The wings are now 74", 7" at the tips, with a slight double taper. I moved the wing up higher and made it more of a mid wing design, also downsized and reshaped the stabs, and moved them higher as well. I took a touch of dihedral out, but there's really no way to tell until it flies...about any of it.

The fuselage and vertical are very similar, with some reshaping around the nose and tail. Essentially, it's the same through the canopy area and the cowl...and that's about all.

I really can't capture the shape of this thing where it sits, but to see it, it definitely looks aggressive. It will either be very sweet, or a complete dog. All of these changes I did one at a time on my first 3 T2Ks, and this one is pretty much a redesign. So, it's definitely a Tempest, not a Typhoon. Hopefully the next one will kick serious butt, that is if I can figure out how to do a fiberglass cowl myself [8D]

Anyway, this is what the lines look like, sort of......

Mike
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