ThunderChicken
04-26-2002, 08:19 AM
Rocket Wing? Ya, I know there's nothing electric about rockets. Nonetheless, here are my thoughts and the reason I'm talking about it here. I currently have an old Klingberg Rocket Wing that is finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. One of the options for this is to attach a slimer engine pod to it. It occurred to me that I might be able to attach an electric setup on the slimer pod and have the battery pack "payload" inside the engine D/E engine tube. When running in slimer mode, a 0.020 ("steady climber") to 0.051 ("sport flying") is considered ideal. What does that roughly translate into motor size for electrics? Since that's such a small IC engine, I'm currently assuming that it's somewhere in the neighborhood of a GWS IPS or m100 class engine? Sound right?
Also, the model comes with it's own wing jig (very cool). After taking one half of the wing off of the jig and doing some additional work to it, I've noticed that the washout no long exactly matches the jig even though I had let it dry overnight on the jig prior to removal. I've tried moistening the wing and re-attaching to the jig over night (even recommended in the plans if this happens) twice now. I'm getting ready to try some steam action on it now, but I'm a little frustrated that it hasn't already been corrected. So, my question is, how important is the washout on a flying wing in general. The instructions seem to imply that it's pretty important for this one. Of course, the other issue is, I'm betting that the other half (still being built) will be closer to "spec" and as such, will have the proper washout (yes, I learned from some oppses). What will happen if one has the proper washout and the other is slightly off? Worth worrying about?
Just FYI, I am still planning some space missions via D/E engines with this thing but I thought having a clean electric pod sure would be nice too as I think it should be able to cut through a modest amount of wind because of it's wing loading. In case anyone is curious, it has a 51.5 wing span and a wing area of 373 sq/in with a minimum flying weight of 14 oz. I hoping this will give me something to fly in the recent wind we've been having. My Bushwacker (slimer) is still recovering from a tree assisted landing and my TM simply can't hack it in the wind. Sound like a reasonable assumption?
Any recommendations or thoughts are more than welcome!
Thanks in advance!
Also, the model comes with it's own wing jig (very cool). After taking one half of the wing off of the jig and doing some additional work to it, I've noticed that the washout no long exactly matches the jig even though I had let it dry overnight on the jig prior to removal. I've tried moistening the wing and re-attaching to the jig over night (even recommended in the plans if this happens) twice now. I'm getting ready to try some steam action on it now, but I'm a little frustrated that it hasn't already been corrected. So, my question is, how important is the washout on a flying wing in general. The instructions seem to imply that it's pretty important for this one. Of course, the other issue is, I'm betting that the other half (still being built) will be closer to "spec" and as such, will have the proper washout (yes, I learned from some oppses). What will happen if one has the proper washout and the other is slightly off? Worth worrying about?
Just FYI, I am still planning some space missions via D/E engines with this thing but I thought having a clean electric pod sure would be nice too as I think it should be able to cut through a modest amount of wind because of it's wing loading. In case anyone is curious, it has a 51.5 wing span and a wing area of 373 sq/in with a minimum flying weight of 14 oz. I hoping this will give me something to fly in the recent wind we've been having. My Bushwacker (slimer) is still recovering from a tree assisted landing and my TM simply can't hack it in the wind. Sound like a reasonable assumption?
Any recommendations or thoughts are more than welcome!
Thanks in advance!