I made a new fuselage for the easystar to get more room for payload. This proto is made in 2 layers of carbonfiber. The carbonfiber is very easy to work with, so if any one out there like to make some modifications just go for it.I got the carbonfiber from hereThe weight of the T-REX fuselage is about 140g = 4.93 ounces - still need to make the inner fuselage so the fuselage can be fasten to the body and still be removerable. Think the whole carbonfiber fuselage will be about 160g = 5.64 ounces.
Mike,
I Like the Idea of adding a "spacer" sheet of foam to increase the fuse width. What a great idea, Maybe you could fashion an interlocking puzzle piece to hold the wings together. Not to stray too much on this thread but I assume most people fly a foamy for its durability and protection of the equipment. I first started out with balsa built up planes (as a kid) moved on to composites and now almost always use epp foam. In my mind there is no substitute in the "forgiveness factor" that a foam provides. I love teaching people to fly RC with my Epp/Coroplast polyhedral trainer. When they inevitable nose it in, Just pick up the pieces and reassemble it and jive it a toss back into the air. Combining the two materials, not sure of the advantages. Kinda hard to avoid a stress riser.
As for the carbon fibre, I think there is a market for that too, If the carbon piece was more like a canopy, just faired in the upper half of the fuse, then it could be lightweight and flexible to some degree. That is what I use on my flyingwings, otherwise I would go with a full CF pod with a CF tube tail boom but I see that as perhaps for the more advanced user (with lots of open space).
Wendi has a good point about safety, I would feel uncomfortable fly a CF model around a populated area (overflights) but I live in a pretty dense area and that is probably not the norm for everyone on here. I've only hit one person with a plane before ;) he walked right into the marked landing zone and I nailed him with my 6' wing. Knocked him off his feet and he did not get up right away! thought I killed him. He was o.k. though, If the plane was CF I think the injuries would have been more severe. (no, I did not get sued, he was a tourist ;)
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I Like the Idea of adding a "spacer" sheet of foam to increase the fuse width. What a great idea, Maybe you could fashion an interlocking puzzle piece to hold the wings together. Not to stray too much on this thread but I assume most people fly a foamy for its durability and protection of the equipment. I first started out with balsa built up planes (as a kid) moved on to composites and now almost always use epp foam. In my mind there is no substitute in the "forgiveness factor" that a foam provides. I love teaching people to fly RC with my Epp/Coroplast polyhedral trainer. When they inevitable nose it in, Just pick up the pieces and reassemble it and jive it a toss back into the air. Combining the two materials, not sure of the advantages. Kinda hard to avoid a stress riser.
As for the carbon fibre, I think there is a market for that too, If the carbon piece was more like a canopy, just faired in the upper half of the fuse, then it could be lightweight and flexible to some degree. That is what I use on my flyingwings, otherwise I would go with a full CF pod with a CF tube tail boom but I see that as perhaps for the more advanced user (with lots of open space).
Wendi has a good point about safety, I would feel uncomfortable fly a CF model around a populated area (overflights) but I live in a pretty dense area and that is probably not the norm for everyone on here. I've only hit one person with a plane before ;) he walked right into the marked landing zone and I nailed him with my 6' wing. Knocked him off his feet and he did not get up right away! thought I killed him. He was o.k. though, If the plane was CF I think the injuries would have been more severe. (no, I did not get sued, he was a tourist ;)
You must be kidding me...
I see some of points as good info, but I do not entirely agree on how you see things.
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