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Offline Motorman

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Fuselage Area
« on: May 21, 2015, 11:16:58 AM »
Is there a general rule for side area of a stunt fuselage? Is it critical at all?

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Re: Fuselage Area
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2015, 03:32:37 PM »
There probably is, but like lots of stunt lore, it's probably based on a bogus assumption.   
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Re: Fuselage Area
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2015, 07:02:29 PM »
Would it be fair to say that the fuselage area gives the judges (and pilot) a better, more accurate silhouette to follow?
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Re: Fuselage Area
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2015, 08:44:56 PM »
I'm about to make my first full fuselage. If I can just make it functional that would be easy. Is the thrust line and the stab always above the wing?

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Re: Fuselage Area
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2015, 09:10:47 PM »
You want it stiff in both torsion and bend.  And you want it light.  That implies either some cross-sectional area, or some carbon fiber tubing.
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Re: Fuselage Area
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2015, 09:50:44 PM »
If you can manage to build a small cross sectional area and still get the necessary stiffness, it seems like it would be less susceptible to being blown around by wind than one with a taller wider fuselage. At least I get that impression from my profiles, like the Ukey, which resembles a primitive TEOSAWKI with a foam wing and a much smaller stab. Its fuse is actually just a 1/2" wide pine(yes pine) board, barely tall enough to cut a hole for the wing to pass through.
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EDIT: Correction, I don't think the wing actually passes through it, just the joining dowels. That's what makes it so indestructible.
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Re: Fuselage Area
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2015, 06:44:15 AM »
Is there a general rule for side area of a stunt fuselage? Is it critical at all?

not at all ... until wind or turbullence starts :- )))))


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