mcmike,

NICE!!! I like the staggerwing. Ye gads that's a tall fuse. If you want, you can put the file up on the sharebigfile.com site as well so we all can share it. PM me so I can give you the id and password to upload the file. Then you can get the url and we can all download it from there. I'm just using the sharebigfile site because it's free and they have 500MB of space...more than enough to have several iterations of designs.

flyintexan,

I understand what you're saying about particular design characteristics and the concept of best design. This is what the forum's all about, isn't it? There's also many things that people could change even after the design has been made. The wing planform and location could be changed to suit the person building it. Once we have at least one plane made, it can be tested by pattern pilots to see what changes are needed...of course that's a matter of preference but we can get close to something everyone will approve and then each will be able to tweak the incidences, airfoils, planform, and locations of the flying surfaces. That's why I want to have a repository of modifications, kind of like a document control to see what people want and get their input. For example, you want the wing planform to be different, you can go to the site, download the drawing, modify it to your liking such as less sweep, (the wing does have a double taper) or a higher aspect or taper ratio or even a new airfoil altogether. Now you can upload it to the site, (PM me for the ID and password) and post your changes here to the forum. Now the design is shared with everyone to check and add their input.



I'll be working on the actual bones of the plane and I know that most of you guys will laugh since it may be a little too optimistic but then again, that's why it's up there. I'll also post some airfoils that we may use...right now, the airfoil on the plane is a 64-012 which is rather thick but it has a sharp enough LE to go into snaps. In any case, please download the file and make changes to it if you want or even start with the internals. This is something that we can really call our ship.


Butch