The Lightning Bug Project
Ok guys, thanks to BipeFlyer I finially have a shot of my plans that I can post fo you.
I am not going to call this a Taylor Craft anymore because in looking at my final drawings compared to the 3 view that I started from it is pretty obvious that I didn't really capture the lines of the T-Craft. What is scale about my plane is that all of the moments are the same as the T-Craft. I squared out the Fuselage and changed the nose to enable me to have easy access to the engine. I figure since I am experimenting, if I leave the engine completely open I am in no way hindered from trying out different things. I am toying with the idea of making the firewall detachable to make engine swapping even easier.
I also chose to go with a tapered wing instead of the constant chord to give me the added wing area. I figured that I would need all that I could manage. The wing is foam core (thanks again BipeFlyer) sheeted with 1/32" balsa in the cap strip method. When I get some pics of the wings I will post them. The cores came out really nice.
Here is a shot of the plans