Single Tube Fuselage idea

[Sockmonkey]

Top side bracing struts cost you lift and create more drag than bottom struts though.

 

[erkki67]

And a cantilever wing?

 

[Sockmonkey]

And a cantilever wing?

Would be heavier.

 

[erkki67]

Yes but less drag too.

 

[Sockmonkey]

Not if the weight saved by using struts lowers the induced drag to less than what the cantilever wing would give you.

 

[saini flyer]

Not if the weight saved by using struts lowers the induced drag to less than what the cantilever wing would give you.

How does Chip do this with his Merlin lite cantilever wing?

Merlin Lite – Aeromarine-LSA

 

[WonderousMountain]

Chip used money.

 

[erkki67]

And the knowledge of techproaviation

 

[aripilot]

Techproaviation from Czech designed and is producing parts for Merlin and Merlin Lite. Many airplanes which have very nice flying qualities are designed and parts built by Techproaviation and then sold by different companies as their own kits or Ready To Fly airplanes.

 

[meglin1]

With your permission, I will present a flying project of the Dbai aircraft, Kharkiv. My friend made it on the model of our two-seat X-32 aircraft. With the Rotax-582 engine, it performs most of the complex aerobatics.

 

[Bille Floyd]

Not if the weight saved by using struts lowers the induced drag to less than what the cantilever wing would give you.

My friend told me near the same thing, last night ; he is the guy
who drew up this idea for my Exxtacy glider ,(below).



Bille

 

[rotax618]

Not entirely a single tube but nevertheless a good idea for a lightweight single seater.

 

[rotax618]

 

[rotax618]