Wing area includes the bottom of the fuselage. Save a lot of work and make ths sides at right angles to thr bottom, Virg
On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:49:51 +1000 "Darren Crompton" <kr.2s.dar...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi Russ. > > My understanding about widening the fuselage is that you leave the > bottom > the same width and widen the top of the fuselage only. This in turn > creates > the "banana boat" effect. By doing it this way, you have no real > loss in > wing area. > > Cheers > Darren Crompton > AUSTRALIA > > > > On 3/31/07, Russ Kendall <rkend...@bendbroadband.com> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > I'm widening the fuselage to 40". Which got me to thinking, I > should > > also lenthen the main spars to compensate for the for the loss in > wing area. > > Which got me to thinking about going even wider, say an extra 12" > on each > > side. Since I'm going with a Trigear setup, the Diehl main gear > bolts behind > > the front main spar, which loses me fuel tank area. The wider > stub wing > > span would give me more tank area. I'd also have more flap area in > the stub > > wing. > > > > What's do you think about longer main spars? I'll be using the > > AS5048/45 airfoil which has a stronger spar. > > Thanks for your input. > > > > Russ Kendall > > _______________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@mylist.net > > Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to > > http://www.kr2forum.com/phpBB2/index.php > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to > http://www.kr2forum.com/phpBB2/index.php > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > >
