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    Question on wing configuration for a Biplane

    I am currently working on designing a dual engine biplane and I was wondering does having either the top or bottom wing father forward or backwards have much of an effect? Such as this: http://aerofred.com/data/thumbnails/67/Wiley_Post_Biplane_Art_Kronfelt.jpg Opposed to having one over the...
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    Laser / Edge / Rebel / Staudacher / wing - any type considered, please offer!

    Looking for a replacement to the old wood wing on our Laser 200 as winter project and as a way to possibly increase performance. Please offer anything, wood or composite, project or complete, torque tube or push-pull aileron type (although push-pull is preferred), independent of type of Laser...
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    Composite upper wing structure

    Hello, and thank you for viewing my question. Just a query I have regarding composites (has to be manufacturing using carbon/epoxy, 0/90 degree orientation) When designing a composite wing skin, to stiffen it, I propose to either have thicker geometry, insert a core (not sure which one) or...
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    New Fiberglass-Faced Foam Boards and Aircraft Use

    Hi all, I've been researching building a Wainfan Facetmobile copy - NASA PAV version with the flat foam/honeycomb panels. In order to reduce costs, I have been looking at facing blue DOW foam with fiberglass (hand-laid). However the research I've done identified two new products that could be...
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    How much do wings weigh??

    I'm looking at a wing that juts out 12.5ft from the side of the plane. Not decided if its cantilever or braced yet. If it is braced, the brace will attach to wing only 3.5 ft from the fuselage leaving a full 9 ft hanging out there. 4.6ft wide. gross weight plane 580lbs. Trying for 6G max load...
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    Wing Design with a high L/D

    Hello everyone, I am trying to design a wing using NACA 6409 as my airfoil. I have calculated all the values for the 2d section. I just have to now to make a wing with a high L/D. My target is to design a wing for an aircraft moving at 20m/s at an altitude of 10,000m. So I have a couple of...
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    Do you have to prime in between parts?

    Hi everyone, I am looking for some wisdom, from experienced builders: When you assemble alloy wing parts (say 2024-T3 for instance), is it important that all parts which are permenantly afixed together receive primer between them. My example is the spar cap strips and spar C-section. Will...
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    Help with wing building part 103

    Hello all, new member here from Tucson. I'm in the drafting phase of building a part 103 UL from scratch and I've come to a snag. I've been learning the science behind airfoil shapes and have picked my airfoil(naca 4418). I did all the math from Chris Heintz's article...
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    Design of Red Bull Flugtag

    Hi Everyone Myself and a few friends are currently building a red bull flugtag. We are a bit strapped for time as the deadline is next saturday :ponder:. We are going for a simple aircraft design with airfoil wings to generate lift. At the moment we are deciding on wing design. The max...
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