Hephaestus
Well-Known Member
Hey all,
Need someone to smack some common sense into me:roll: As my brains caught an idea, and won't let it go...
Remember Rutans bastard child? The variviggen - kinda got left behind as the gangly - slightly misshapen offspring...
Ran across this derivative (Viggenite) - I REALLY like how the variviggen looks with a proper nosecone (and since she usually needs some extra nose weight...)
Would I be completely out of my flippin mind - and in for a world of pain, if I was to start building a variviggen in rhino - modify the nose and canopy (likely using the TLAR methodology) - and plan to kick out templates - to build the VV in the foam/fiberglass methods used by it's progeny? Obviously I'd have to sit down and do some significant math on spar design and weight distribution; but it is even slightly feasable - or best left to someone with a bunch of letters after their name?
A little hangar chat last week (may have involved wobbly pops) - friend with a VariEZ was suggesting it was very do-able... Course he also said the same about the 350 into the chevette, and I see that's still in his driveway missing a firewall so... :gig:
I'm Terrible with wood... I'm getting the hang of foam/fiberglass playing with RC planes recently - and my CNC foam hotwire - I'm noticing would scale nicely - with just some new 8020 / linear bearings and leadscrews... Only seems appropriate to build mostly in foam when you own the tools to really work with foam...
Thanks in advance!
Need someone to smack some common sense into me:roll: As my brains caught an idea, and won't let it go...
Remember Rutans bastard child? The variviggen - kinda got left behind as the gangly - slightly misshapen offspring...
Ran across this derivative (Viggenite) - I REALLY like how the variviggen looks with a proper nosecone (and since she usually needs some extra nose weight...)
Would I be completely out of my flippin mind - and in for a world of pain, if I was to start building a variviggen in rhino - modify the nose and canopy (likely using the TLAR methodology) - and plan to kick out templates - to build the VV in the foam/fiberglass methods used by it's progeny? Obviously I'd have to sit down and do some significant math on spar design and weight distribution; but it is even slightly feasable - or best left to someone with a bunch of letters after their name?
A little hangar chat last week (may have involved wobbly pops) - friend with a VariEZ was suggesting it was very do-able... Course he also said the same about the 350 into the chevette, and I see that's still in his driveway missing a firewall so... :gig: I'm Terrible with wood... I'm getting the hang of foam/fiberglass playing with RC planes recently - and my CNC foam hotwire - I'm noticing would scale nicely - with just some new 8020 / linear bearings and leadscrews...
Only seems appropriate to build mostly in foam when you own the tools to really work with foam... Thanks in advance!
