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StephenCarlson / MiniHawk-VTOL

Artwork for the MiniHawk VTOL, a 3D-Printed Tricopter/Fixed-wing hybrid aircraft.
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Chevron Alignment Surface for Nacelles #7

Closed StephenCarlson closed 2 years ago

StephenCarlson commented 3 years ago

The present nacelle separation cut is a simple extruded curved surface defining the interface between the wing and nacelle. This can be redefined to a V-shaped interface which will ensure proper alignment of the nacelle when being bonded to the wing. Otherwise at present, there is some slight play when gluing nacelles to the wing interface.

StephenCarlson commented 2 years ago

This includes the vertical stabilizers. The image below shows one approach, and I've used this in at least one MiniHawk-VTOL build. It needs more polish however. image

StephenCarlson commented 2 years ago

I'm just going to keep what I've got; the vertical stabilizers will have the chevron, but I'll hold off of implementing the same feature on the nacelles. Pushed at 81abe56c47fa66ecf6d3cfdf3e897b6ba21a7ef4.