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Single Tube Fuselage idea

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FritzW

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This almost gets the parts count down to "one" ;)



image_12123.jpg Swag Roller Dies.jpg a Harbor Freight tubing roller and a set of SWAG dies

OTW1.jpg bend a tube like this

OTW2.jpg OTW3.jpg OTW4.jpg attach them together with two pieces of angle and some rivnuts (no rivet bucking needed inside a tube)

OTW5.jpg throw on a seat and motor mount (lander gear TBD) The seat mount would act like a huge gusset to alleviate some of the "Aford-A-Plane phobia".

Bending the tube would be a challenge but when it was done most of the fuselage is finished. The tail, gear and wings would be standard UL ...maybe
 
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