Hi guys,
I hope you had a good weekend. I’m having a hard time with derived components in our
project. I finalized the top view silhouette of the airframe and the airfoils for the wing
itself. I used a raster trace technique to get the shape from a JPEG (in our file) and then
import each one to the correct scale (also in our file). Now the wing grows in height and
length in equal measure.
Here’s the problem though, I can’t seem to use the derived component to extrude (@ .11
in. thick). Every time I do it rotates the part, and the style of construction requires that
everything be at 90 deg. angles.
If any of you have more experience with this than please feel free to play with these. The
“FinalProfile” sketch shows (or you can get in and get) all of the dimensions up to this
point.
Nick, did you do any work on the tail plane this weekend? I found a good airfoil for one
this weekend, it’s not necessary but it’s more efficient. Also just as a suggestion, if you
match any of the angles on the main wing (front of wing edge sweep to front of tail
sweep, or back angles, or all of them) it may bring them all together in the end. Just so
you know, that little tail looking piece in the Final Profile should end up disappearing
between the rudders and your tail, so you may not want to match it’s angles.
-Shawn