Solid Wing v2
Description
Here's my take on a wing. I modified the previous wing design to be a solid model of the wing. My theory was that skeinforge handles generating both the outline and the 'struts' (infill) very well. I printed a few wings off, and they look really good. Not sure if they will work or not though.
Instructions
Print and attach to fuselage.
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If I can quibble on the aerodynamics of that wingplan, I think the taper is a tad excessive... I realize it helps the wings to not fall over during printing, but isn't the base fused to the printing surface?
This one's really my fault-- I designed this wing to look like a scaled down plane wing, but that's not at all what you want for actual fliers!
The model aircraft I see in the shops all have virtually no taper, because at the speeds they operate there's no need for it, so all it accomplishes is reducing the size of the available air foil!
The best flier wing would probably be made by extruding the wing profile more or less *straight up* and then gluing multiple profiles together to make a full sized wing... Actually brb with that model...