Wings
As suspected the wings were not easy to do. Particularly my front elliptical wing bars which not only required lining up fore/aft and up/down, but also at the right angle of attack. We also had to make front socket tubing so all up I’m not sure I would do it again. The whole procedure made Marty get PMT, so yeah sure they look good, but it probably worked out to be double the amount of work. Anyways they are done now and so are the rear and outer bar sockets.
Interestingly I measured about 6-7 different designs for wing geometry and what we ended up with is something quite similar to the Hungry Tiger. Mach 2 is not too far off this number, however I felt that the BR wings are quite flat and consequently you lose a bit of power. It’s a fine line between making the wings nice and high for foiling, vs low and easy to climb on.
This week will be all about laminating the sockets followed by building some nosecones. The Photoshop-ed photo below shows the plug nosecone with a cut out to allow access to the wand.
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