Re: Re: Illinois State Wright Stuff

From: LeRoy C Cordes <lcordes_at_juno.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:03:02 -0500

I believe that the definition of chord would be from the forward edge of
the leading edge to the rearward edge of the trailing edge. Where the
tubes and post are located should make no difference.

LeRoy Cordes
AMA 16974
Chicago, IL
In God We Trust

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:01:26 -0000 "leop12345" <leop_at_lyradev.com> writes:
> John Brayton
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> I find it difficult to understand how SO WS competitors can
> incorrectly build the stab of the airplane to larger than the
> maximum
> chord allowed. This made me think. If a student builds the stab
> with tissue tubes on the outer edge of the spars (and perhaps uses
> some small balsa gussets as reinforcement), will the chord then be
> measured from the outside of the tissue tubes rather than the
> outside
> of the stab spars? I have seen plans and pictures of AMA and FAI
> free flight models where the tissue tubes are on the outside of the
>
> wing and stab spars. I recall the wing and stab chords being
> measured from the spars rather than the tissue tubes but I may be
> mistaken.
>
> Thanks,
> Leo Pilachowski, Bloomington IN
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "c4gl45" <c4gl45@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > It was held at the University of Illinois in Champaign. I believe
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> the
> > height of the Armory is 98 ft. The majority of the dimensional
> problems
> > were with the stabilizer cords being too large.
> >
> > ~John Brayton
> > Crystal Lake, IL
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LeRoy Cordes
AMA 16974
Chicago, IL
In God We Trust
Received on Wed Apr 25 2007 - 12:48:21 CEST