The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

[Snoopy1]

Made a start on the 30cc plane rebuild. Started on the wings. The one wing had minor damage just the wing tip and counter balance was knocked off. The second wing a little more had build a new leading edge and fix most of the ribs but that is done now all that needs to be done is cover the wings and add some stripping.

 

[Snoopy1]

The wings are covered and striped on the bottom. Just needs some hardware and two servos and the wings should be ready to go. Just need to order a wing tube. From GATTOR RC.

 

[Snoopy1]

All the new bulkheads have been cut for the fuselage and they are on the way. Hopefully I did not make to many mistakes in the Cad drawings and if I did can it be fixed. See how good the postman is.
Just sat down and had a look at the servos required for the plane. The ailerons and rudder are so big I need at least 200 oz-inch servos to do the plane justice.

 

[dhal22]

Helped my son CRAM for his engineering project tonight, same as last night. I've got a beer in my hand and the radio cranked so not all bad. He will turn in a rough draft version tomorrow but he learned a lot .

 

[TonyHallo]

What is the project he is working on?

 

[Snoopy1]

Spent some time doing some AutoCAD, that is one thing with AutoCAD if you don’t use it all the time you sure lose it fast. But anyway made a drawing of a 45 inch wingspan, 950 sq-inch Area Delta plane to see how it all fits. Well it doesn’t if you take a look at the drawing just cannot get the battery in. So unless I come up with some kind of solution this project is dead.

 

[dhal22]

What is the project he is working on?

He's still in high school so nothing difficult. He chose a can crusher. His teacher warned him about too simple, apparently he knows I'm a plumber and told my son he had high standards expected.

His report and diagrams are on him. My scroll, table, band and chop saws, sanders, etc was my help.

 

[BalsaDust]

Spent some time doing some AutoCAD, that is one thing with AutoCAD if you don’t use it all the time you sure lose it fast. But anyway made a drawing of a 45 inch wingspan, 950 sq-inch Area Delta plane to see how it all fits. Well it doesn’t if you take a look at the drawing just cannot get the battery in. So unless I come up with some kind of solution this project is dead.
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Don't kill the project. Looks neat. Modify it so it will work. on another note if you want to learn a 3D software it helps so much with seeing how things are going to fit together.

 

[Snoopy1]

Don't kill the project. Looks neat. Modify it so it will work. on another note if you want to learn a 3D software it helps so much with seeing how things are going to fit together.

Love to learn 3D how would you suggest I approach it. Is there a good book for dummies.

 

[Snoopy1]

@BalsaDust can you help me please. Below is a PDF of plane that I believe can help me with my design of the delta. Would it be possible for you to copy this PDF into AutoCAD dwg so that I can manipulate it and use to see if can make changes to my plane To make the EDF work. If can can you send the dwg file, thanks.


http://how2rc.com/Polaris Assembly Drawing (Nontiled).pdf