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  1. Synergy

    Here we go...Synergy still NO FLY and lighter...

    Hi Jay, the circa 2011 renderings used the internal portion of the wing-fuselage contour because the OML for this area wasn’t final at that time. There was a BRS parachute line laid onto that corner, sliding under the cowling door at the slot. The true OML fillet was to cover it afterward and...
  2. Synergy

    Carbon Fiber Tube Fuselage

    I might not see your message or be able to get back to you quickly, but you may certainly try. I am not hard to find if you'd like to call, it's more efficient.
  3. Synergy

    Carbon Fiber Tube Fuselage

    One reasonable path to the OP, a tube-based warren truss, is to use a foam core as the shear web between a top tube and a bottom one. Sculpt the core to the tubes, then wrap the whole thing with the required number of layers of fabric. Done well there would be no advantage to partial removal of...
  4. Synergy

    Carbon Fiber Tube Fuselage

    A few things to say in the interest of safety: Composite frames and structures are best envisioned and constructed as a single assembly of load-carrying members, consolidated and cured together at one time, for example, by skinning a core of the required shape. There is false economy and...
  5. drag brace

    drag brace

    Preliminary load paths to lower structure will be complemented by final paths to upper structure. Think of the loose plates as mold boundaries for the layup and internal blocking yet to come. (Not all plates shown)
  6. Infusing the upper left wing root mold.

    Infusing the upper left wing root mold.

  7. Decided we need a stiffer rudder pedal mount before adding a new mechanism.

    Decided we need a stiffer rudder pedal mount before adding a new mechanism.

  8. Spar stud receives landing gear and spar loads.

    Spar stud receives landing gear and spar loads.

  9. Building Synergy

    Building Synergy

    Do, or do not. There is no try.
  10. prepped spar studs being bonded

    prepped spar studs being bonded

  11. IMG_1376.jpg

    IMG_1376.jpg

  12. measure four hundred times, drill once.

    measure four hundred times, drill once.

  13. Upper Vtail molds

    Upper Vtail molds

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