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RCAddict16

RCAddict16

70cc twin V2
GYRO said:
Would love to read about your project in a blog!
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I'll post my pictures once I'm done with the project.

Ohio AV8TOR said:
Wish I had some pictures for you but "absolutely no cameras" was the policy. Yesterday our work was invited to Lockheed for a 3-hour tour of the F-35 assembly line and it was simply amazing. The building is 1-mile and 25-feet long. We entered at the middle and entering at the half way point which split the assembly line (Lef and right) you could turn and look each way and it was a site to see. For a supersonic plane I was surprised to see that much under camber on the lower wing surface. Speaking of wings each wing skin was one piece and they had a CNC drilling fixture to put in the 4,000 holes in each skin.
One thing interesting is the combat flight simulator for it. Like real flight they can go up against another unit across the globe in combat flight against each other all with AWAC's support. When I flew I got to fly a KC-135, FB-111 and Mike Model Huey and these new ones are like nothing this old man has experienced. I am sure Gary has enjoyed this too.
I don't need anything more to make me proud of the country, but I did walk out a little taller.
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That sounds really awesome. I recently heard of a new technology being used for faster aircraft. The surface of the aircraft has thousands of tiny "V's" indented into it to reduce drag. It is used on fast boats also.
 
RCAddict16

RCAddict16

70cc twin V2
I'm just going to be ordering some inch thick EPP, a hot wire cutter set up (nichrome wire and a car battery charger), then cutting a flat piece, a piece with low camber, and a piece with high camber, then testing them in the school wind tunnel for lift and drag.
 
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