JamesG
Well-Known Member
A design question for the peanut gallery.
Say you had a small rounded pod shaped fuselage/cockpit that is mostly open space (doors and plexi). Think Hughes OH-6/M500 helo structure.
My instinct would be to build it as a "uni-body" type structure similar to the "A,B,C pillar" of "D" cross-sectional format used in car design, as opposed to building up a cage of tubing as the bending of the tubes would be about as elaborate and complex as doing bent and stamped sheet metal or molded composite.
What do you think would be the most effective technique?
Say you had a small rounded pod shaped fuselage/cockpit that is mostly open space (doors and plexi). Think Hughes OH-6/M500 helo structure.
My instinct would be to build it as a "uni-body" type structure similar to the "A,B,C pillar" of "D" cross-sectional format used in car design, as opposed to building up a cage of tubing as the bending of the tubes would be about as elaborate and complex as doing bent and stamped sheet metal or molded composite.
What do you think would be the most effective technique?
