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Mordecai Murphy's Dart
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Published on October 25, 2012
Description
This is the right wing of a rubber band powered, peanut scale model airplane designed by Walt Mooney called Mordecai Murphy's Dart.
The goal is to recreate the model in way that allows for most, if not all, of the parts to be 3D printed and flyable using current micro RC electronics.
Where possible, parts have been designed to negate the need for rafts or support material.
The goal is to recreate the model in way that allows for most, if not all, of the parts to be 3D printed and flyable using current micro RC electronics.
Where possible, parts have been designed to negate the need for rafts or support material.
Instructions
The first part of this work in progress is the right (and left, if mirrored) wing.
The ribs of the wing are about 0.56mm thick - which is about the thinnest wall I've been able to get out of my Makerbot Replicator.
Print details:
Layer height: 0.2mm
Infill: 100%
Extra shells: 0
Raft: no raft or support material
It's worth noting that the airfoil on this wing is prone to funky stall behavior. The original design uses a more symmetrical airfoil. But the flat bottom airfoil prints really well, so maybe it's worth it?
The ribs of the wing are about 0.56mm thick - which is about the thinnest wall I've been able to get out of my Makerbot Replicator.
Print details:
Layer height: 0.2mm
Infill: 100%
Extra shells: 0
Raft: no raft or support material
It's worth noting that the airfoil on this wing is prone to funky stall behavior. The original design uses a more symmetrical airfoil. But the flat bottom airfoil prints really well, so maybe it's worth it?
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Lenbok
on
October 26, 2012
said:
I reckon for starters just stick with flat on the bottom -- it works fine for the Zaerotech Z22: http://zaerotech.com/design/Za...
knickers
on
October 26, 2012
said:
Similar to what grabercars said, you could always just print a vertically mirrored wing and glue it underneath.
JDCUBED
on
October 26, 2012
said:
I think if you increased the chord (made the wing thicker) than that would help a lot with the stalling problem. It should give more lift at slower speeds, without inducing too much extra drag. You could probably go as far as to Double the chord, but probably 150% would be sufficient.
grabercars
on
October 26, 2012
said:
You could always design the airfoil to be similarly curved on the bottom and just split it down the center and print each half.
License
Mordecai Murphy's Dart by buffington is licensed under the Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons license.
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Noooo, if you did that, you would double the chord yes, but the airfoil would be symetrical. So how is it the same?