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Old 11-28-2004 | 05:29 PM
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Default RE: Rear Mounted Engines, how does it work?

These are really easy to make...

Take the NACA drawings, (link posted above by me) and scale them to the size you need, then make a plug, against a flat surface, so you have a glueing flange when you're done. Finish it with glass, or something that will stand up to molding, and you're done.

I first made a female mold, then realized that a male mold would be better, and produce a more structurally sound part. That part of my jet article is at http://www.nextcraft.com/mold_naca_inlet.html

The male "mold" allows the "shiny" or smooth side of the molded part to be the one on the outside, and it also allows you to make a small fillet along the sides, which would be inside the plane...not possible with a female mold. For your reference: To produce 3 sq. in. of intake area, the NACA inlet will have to be about 8 inches long, and about 3 inches tall. (I'm using two, one on each side of the rear fuselage, on my jet.)