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

[BalsaDust]

Here you go @AKNick this is my next project I cooking up. 65" span and twin 80mm EDF's

 

[dhal22]

very true. Lots of different way to do it. I've been working closely with one of the guys at EF and taking his advice on ways to approach things. The loft command is very powerful but at the same time so easily breaks if things aren't right.

EF headquarters being right up the road from me and the owner is a club member, i have gotten to know a few EF employees. And i take flying lessons from Antonio deDouza, one of their pilots.

 

[AKNick]

Here you go @AKNick this is my next project I cooking up. 65" span and twin 80mm EDF's
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Awesome!!

 

[BalsaDust]

EF headquarters being right up the road from me and the owner is a club member, i have gotten to know a few EF employees. And i take flying lessons from Antonio deDouza, one of their pilots.

Yeah I wish I had realized back before the pandemic when I was in Cummings GA for a PLC training class that EF was literally right around the corner from where we were staying.

 

[BalsaDust]

Question for the group as a hole. I've been really enjoying learning Fusion 360 and each project my workflow is getting better. Who would be interested in a a thread that goes start to finish of designing an airframe? I would be happy to pick out a simple airframe to model up and show the process for anyone interested in learning Fusion.

 

[TonyHallo]

Who wouldn't be? Let's get it started.

 

[BalsaDust]

Who wouldn't be? Let's get it started.

Will do then. I will gather a list of a few planes that could be the subject matter to easily show the workflow. I would say I could do the HondaJet design I have started but I'm still trying to figure out how to do different aspects of it so I don't think its the best one to start with. Thinking something along the lines of just doing an uglystick or even a Champ or Cub. Nothing super complex about them but will still get to use a lot of the features the software has to offer.

 

[dhal22]

I would like to learn. Checking on the cost of Fusion 360 now.

 

[BalsaDust]

I would like to learn. Checking on the cost of Fusion 360 now.

There are two free versions of it. One is the educational version which is what I use. The standard free version is kind of hard to find but it is there.

 

[BalsaDust]

thread is started. please anyone follow along and ask questions as we go.

Airplane Design Fusion 360

Ok lets do this design tutorial. For simplicity I'm rolling with an Ugly Stick. First things first you want to find some reference photos to insert into your Fusion file to work with. I prefer a 3 view generally but the Ugly Stick isn't a full scale plane so you can't really find a 3 view. Its...

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