Topaz, are you related to that Rutan guy?Some older sketchwork, and a glider design I took fairly far through the aerodynamic design process before I moved on.
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Topaz, are you related to that Rutan guy?Some older sketchwork, and a glider design I took fairly far through the aerodynamic design process before I moved on.
Some older sketchwork, and a glider design I took fairly far through the aerodynamic design process before I moved on.
I love this, have you any other drawings?!Cub inspired 'Air Bike'...
I got thinking about really light stuff again.
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A couple of LAR ideas.
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Mini Draco!I'm no artist, but maybe a Wilga version?
(pic from internet, not adapted... yet...)
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Add some wingspan, get altitude and cut the power off... Glide awhile...Mini Draco!Maybe there'd be a market for ride-on scale birds powered by paramotor engines
or dare i say electric! I actually worked it out: the break even point where an electric motor, esc and lipo off the shelf batteries is overtaken in weight by a 2 stroke plus fuel is around 13 minutes flight time (for my above design). So electric is lighter if you only want 10 minutes!
I love the asymmetric design, though the crew in the plane of the propeller just outside the cockpit does give me pause....
How is your structure built up?Thanking you kindlyI've attached a 3 view drawing. I can take as many screenshots of the 3D version as you like though its not particularly detailed yet.
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At the moment it's just a glorified sketch.How is your structure built up?
gorgeous, love it
At the moment it's just a glorified sketch.
In my head it would be composite sandwich fuselage (2 x 200gsm carbon external - 6mm PVC foam core on flat areas - 1 x 200gsm carbon internal) vacuum infused. Hard points added where necessary. Aluminium or chromoly tube for the two 'A' pillars if that's what you'd call them, bonded into the carbon (wrapped in glass probably). Wing would probably be solid foam core. flaperon actuation externally via teleflex cables running up the struts. keep it simple. top wing attach points could be un-bolted or un-pinned, and the wing swung on the strut and turned downwards so the wing folds within the length of the fuselage...maybe i should go and move the wing on the model to demonstrate...
wing folded with strut still attached:
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It's been rattling around in my head for a while so it's come together on paper quite nicely. I'm tempted to take this one to completion since every other idea i have requires Elon musk and a team of physicists to make happen!
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