far-trader
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Rather than post in the art gallery (just a personal choice) for what is an exercise in mechanics I figured a thread here would be better.
First off my quick doodles in SketchUp (simplified and reduced):
From the left:
First is the approximate book design. Wings extended on top and retracted on the bottom. Note that to have a swing point it has to be inside the drives area. And if on the hull centerline that means cutting the area in half for most of the length. Not a real problem though. The real problem is approximating a wing shape means the root area (the delta wing) has to be thicker to accomodate the extending wing. It's doable so there's really no reason to change it. The original design and artwork will work with the noted drives area intrusion. However...
Next is the first fix of the issue of how they fit together. By making the delta wing only when retracted you can get rid of a lot of the extra thick root (delta wing). But that creates it's own problem, that pointy bit and skinny attachment for the wobbly outboard triangle is bad (in a lot of ways) and gets in the way when folding the wing back. So...
The last is the fix for the second version problem. Just cut the bad triangle off. You retain the general idea of a delta wing for high speed with the wing folded and the ability to flare the wing out for slow speed lift. As a bonus the remaining root at the back now looks more like (and might function better as) horizontal stabilizers with the wings flared.
That's my quick take, I'm going to go play in the snow now
My truck has been camouflaged as a snow bank long enough, it's finally warm enough that I can't use extreme frostbite risk as an excuse to avoid digging it out
Discuss (the wing problem, not me playing in the snow, unless you want to).
First off my quick doodles in SketchUp (simplified and reduced):
From the left:
First is the approximate book design. Wings extended on top and retracted on the bottom. Note that to have a swing point it has to be inside the drives area. And if on the hull centerline that means cutting the area in half for most of the length. Not a real problem though. The real problem is approximating a wing shape means the root area (the delta wing) has to be thicker to accomodate the extending wing. It's doable so there's really no reason to change it. The original design and artwork will work with the noted drives area intrusion. However...
Next is the first fix of the issue of how they fit together. By making the delta wing only when retracted you can get rid of a lot of the extra thick root (delta wing). But that creates it's own problem, that pointy bit and skinny attachment for the wobbly outboard triangle is bad (in a lot of ways) and gets in the way when folding the wing back. So...
The last is the fix for the second version problem. Just cut the bad triangle off. You retain the general idea of a delta wing for high speed with the wing folded and the ability to flare the wing out for slow speed lift. As a bonus the remaining root at the back now looks more like (and might function better as) horizontal stabilizers with the wings flared.
That's my quick take, I'm going to go play in the snow now
My truck has been camouflaged as a snow bank long enough, it's finally warm enough that I can't use extreme frostbite risk as an excuse to avoid digging it out Discuss (the wing problem, not me playing in the snow, unless you want to).
