ORIGINAL: BERUSTY
TOC Cap 21...more choices!!!
Suggested stab/wing location changes...
I sent the fuselage drawing to Dave Guerin and he suggested that the stab be placed on the thrust line and the wing moved up, closer to the thrust line. How high to move the wing is a guess and will require the dihedral fiddled with (less) which is easier with an aluminum wing tube.
Cap Canopy- I have attached a photo of a Great Planes 27% Cap 232 part #GPMA1410, $9.49 15.5'' long, 7'' wide and 5'' tall.
Dox- I love the .20 - .25 size Dalotel! I will have the elves make a set of wings and use the extra K&B .19 I have and the E-Flite retracts. Thanks for your engineering. Can I send you a set of the wings/stabs as a courtesy for stealing your plans?
Rusty Dose
Team Futaba
Rusty,
first things first,... oh yea!
I'd actually decided to source the foam cores for these projects as it is not a particularly fun aspect of the hobby. Besides, designing is time consuming enough. I was waiting to hear back from my "foamy" elf but he seems to be missing in action. So, with that said, yes! I would very much appreciate a set of wing/stab cores for the Dalo 25. A laser cut kit is also in the works and should be available by mid February if that interests anyone. I was actually hoping to get started on that model ASAP so an ETA of how long it would take for the cores to be made would be appreciated. They are actually simple cores to cut if there's such a thing. I'll contact you by email with further info.
You will see that my plans have already been designed around the E-Flite gear (as many others including the UFO 25 I'm working on). I'm not sure how well a K&B .19 will cope as the plans are scaled around a 25-32 size engine - in my case an electric 4240-750 (~600W) for a 3.5 lb model.
Good idea for the CAP 21 canopy. I actually have one of those under my bench but the 27% GP CAP 232 is a much larger model (1.6 engine) even if it has a shorter 79" span (bigger area - 1168 sq in). The Canopy is 15"x7" while the TOC CAP 21 is roughly 11.5"x6". I'm not sure how well a cut-down of the GP canopy would work. The German canopy might be better suited but I haven't looked into it yet. Of course, a readily available FG cowl and wheel pants would also spare considerable work although I can see how to devise a wood cowl (not quite as nice).
I'll address Dave's suggestions in the next post to keep design and technicalities separate.
David.