Small Flying Arts

Monz...this is really a great looking start. Your work is always amazing and this wood work is very crisp and sharp. Looking forward to this one coming together. By the way what size EDF are you using, or did I miss that!?
Tom

Looking good Monz , but a thought occurs , I think you will have to halve your duct/motor formers so you can lay the ducting and put the fan in , also ,you might consider and extra *faux* former so that the fan cradles in it , it also strengthens your fan mounting ..in a hard landing the fan can move forward ,as inertia it seems , never takes a day off

[quote="tom arnold"]Monz, I am interested in how you "size" your EDF models. I assume you start with the fans and all the associated gear on your workbench first, in a sense. So you have that weight you know you will have to lift plus the structure. So what is your thinking after that point?[/quote]

Tom, this is my first EDF model. I had the size of the fan, so kinda sized it till the nacelles fitted the fan, then a bit more for some fat. Then I looked at the weight of the systems and guestimated the weight of the structure I'd need to work towards. I do this with all my models really, thumbsuck, guestimate, bit of luck, I'm getting better at it :lol:

[quote="staubkorb"]Ludo,
Monz says she started this "a few weeks ago" in the opening message, and another week is nearly over. Normally, the model would have been completed and flown by now...

:lol: :twisted: :lol:[/quote]

It would have, but work keeps getting in the way ;) Might get two or three stringers in tonight before bed, or I might just sit and stare at it over some cider and then go to bed :lol:

[quote="uhu"]what do you mean with "slow going"?[/quote]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Monz, I am interested in how you "size" your EDF models. I assume you start with the fans and all the associated gear on your workbench first, in a sense. So you have that weight you know you will have to lift plus the structure. So what is your thinking after that point?

Ludo,
Monz says she started this "a few weeks ago" in the opening message, and another week is nearly over. Normally, the model would have been completed and flown by now...

:lol: :twisted: :lol:

what do you mean with "slow going"?

Made a start on the structure. Slow going as I'm working it out as I go.

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