erkki67
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Sockmonkey, do you have the dimensions and a 3 view available for the taildragger
It's a sketchup model, so yeah I can show those. Added more rudder.Sockmonkey, do you have the dimensions and a 3 view available for the taildragger
You added rudder!!!, seems like its overcompensating a bit...with that thin prop tube will this be electric? Or bury engine in thick wing?It's a sketchup model, so yeah I can show those. Added more rudder.
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The wing is 3 meters by 6 meters, so the other measurements can work off that.
One of the reasons I chose the 6 meter span is because if you do it in wood, the main spar can be one piece. Also the assembled wing would just fit in a shipping container when the little hoener tips come off.
So the tricycle gear was better then? I was fine with either one.Sockmonkey your little LAR plank looks interesting, but I have to tell you that on landing it would make a Luscombe Phantom look like a basic student trainer.
Eh, it's a short-couple rudder so big is good.You added rudder!!!, seems like its overcompensating a bit...with that thin prop tube will this be electric? Or bury engine in thick wing?
I will suggest your idea to the designer/builder. Thanks.Pretty Skyscooter!
How about folding that tail boom sideways ... so that it lays under the wings' trailing edge?
I would bet that it would be almost un-manageable as a taildragger.So the tricycle gear was better then? I was fine with either one.
Stay away from the plastic ones... Walk through Walmart or a bike shop and see how many fat Tire options you can find20" or 24" plastic bicycle wheels for ground clearance would suit this well.
True, however the low AR cost some span efficiency while the reflex costs some lift, and I want to keep the wing loading low and takeoff run short while using a small cheap engine.That's enough wing area for a 2 seater! Hmmm.....
Probably true.I would bet that it would be almost un-manageable as a taildragger.
I kind of hate cables. It's an esthetic preference rather than a practical one, but in this case it probably doesn't matter which you use. As short as the fuselage is, rotating the wing isn't going to get you enough to be worth it. Removing the wing would totally be worth it space-wise, but that's a rather large and awkward hunk of acreage for on person to manhandle out on the runway. Nutcracker-ing it in the middle would increase the height, but the width would be less than two meters when folded, which would be worth having, and could be done by one person using a single latch without having to lift anything. Hassle is a bigger deciding factor than most people think until they get the thing out there.The wing is thick enough to be a cantilever, a couple of cables would be sufficient to brace the fuselage to the wing and could be easily removed for folding. The wing could be made to pivot lengthwise on the fuselage at mid span and chord for storage.
If we go with the profile fuselage, the wing will need some sort of bracing to keep it from wobbling because that would put a lot of stress on the mountings.I am pretty sure it's a ladder wing.
Also it's powered by a 300cc twin turbo flat twelve.
and no, don't brace a LAR wing, that's silly.
Where's my fookin' banana?I feel like we're making Sockmonkey into a dancing monkey with all these change requests, but he's being a good sport. ;-) I like the strut-bracing and the fuselage-mounted engine. An industrial V-twin with Ace redrive or a bottom-mounted engine (like a Sky Pup) could be used to raise the prop hub to allow a larger prop. Speaking of the Sky Pup, the horizontal beam gear (maybe nested square aluminum tubing instead of wood and 20" or 24" plastic bicycle wheels for ground clearance would suit this well. Exending the fuselage to the wing trailing edge would reduce the short-coupled ground handling that worries VB and allow for a more normal all-flying rudder with some balance area ahead of the rudder spar above the wing.
In the models I've drawn up, even short gear gives plenty of ground clearance for a 1.5 meter prop.There are a myriad of solutions to every problem, that is why an aeroplane can be described as a million compromises all flying in formation. A low engine will require a long UC and will require quite a bit of down thrust but if there are good reasons to mount the engine on the fuselage firewall other than it looks cool then OK. Struts or wires will be required if the fuselage is to be a mere profile to be sat on rather than in, to brace the structure for taxying and landing loads, the further back you can place the rudder will make the aircraft more stable in yaw and pleasant to fly. I think a fuselage more like the HM14 would provide better ‘all weather accomodation’, there is little benefit in the narrow fuse, you want to go fly a Drifter without the pod for a couple of hours and see how cold and windburnt you get.