Re: Wing Post Mounting

From: Bill Gowen <b.gowen_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:26:31 -0400

I posted my balsa calculator in the files section.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: calgoddard
  To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 10:57 AM
  Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Wing Post Mounting


  The plane flew very well "right off the board" on Friday evening. The
  CG was just right. All I have to do is match motor size to prop for
  duration. I didn't have time strip rubber for a motor a few hundreths
  of an inch larger than what I had with me.

  I even got lucky on the first incidence setting on the main wing, but
  forgot to mark the same on the wing posts before the plane was
  disassembled at the end of the flying session.

  We flew several other planes and only had the gym for two
  hours - you know the problem - not enough flying time.

  Does anyone have a quick way to determine the pounds/cubic foot of
  sheet balsa and balsa sticks? I guess I just have to figure the
  volume, weigh it in grams and then convert to pounds. Seems like a
  lot of calcuating. Is there a table somewhere that allows me just to
  weigh standard size balsa sheet in grams and then look up its density
  in pounds per cubic foot?



   

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