Front Gear Resized
Presumed Process Capabilities:
Process
Injection
Molding
Min Tolerances
 ± .002 in.
Milling
 ± .002 in.
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▪ T, Top Ring, and Bottom Ring made using FDM process.
Forging
 ± .002 in.
▪ Shocks, tires, and cotter pins bought.
Casting
 ± .005 in. over 4
in.
 ± .002 in. on
small features
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Manufacturing Processes and Details:
▪ All pins and tubes cut to length by milling process from stock
and drilled as necessary.
▪ Trail links milled from steel plates .240 in. thick
Drilling
Reaming
FDM
Shawn Clement
Eric Hall
Nathaniel Kemp
Michael Thoresen
Nicholas F. Zimicki-Bowditch
This is a List of Design Goals for this Aircraft.
1. Heavy lift light-weight airframe.
2. Large volume internal cargo bay.
3. Simple construction.
4. Compact internal design.
5. Small efficient engine (direct contradiction to number 1).
6. Short take-off run (direct contradiction to number 5).
7. Short landing on rough terrain (direct contradiction to number 9).
8. Efficient flight for good endurance (direct contradiction to numbers 1 and 2).
9. Retractable light-weight landing gear (direct contradiction to numbers 3 and 4).
10. Good looks…well we can try at least (direct contradiction to numbers 1-7).
3065 North Ave.
Burlington VT, 05401
3065 North Ave. Nathaniel Kemp, 802-233-0999
Burlington VT, 05401 natedogg434@juno.com
Nathaniel Kemp, 802-233-0999
natedogg434@juno.com
 ± .001 in. on
size, shape, and
alignment
 ± .0005 in.
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Geometric Restrictions
1 min. cavity draft
.5 min. core draft
.09 in. min. wall
ribs min. 60% of wall
thickness
No sharp inside corners
No small detail in narrow
and deep holes
5 min. cavity draft
2 min. core draft
3 min. cavity draft
1 min. core draft
.2 in. wall
ribs intersect at 60% max
fillet corners
Holes only
 Holes only
 wall thickness no less than
.010 in.
The Blended Wing
The camera bay is of modular design and can accommodate anything
from cameras to paintball dispensers, or can be used with traditional
bomb bay doors to drop anything that will fit.
Camera Platform
The airframe was designed around a large
“box” (shown in green) in which a 35mm
camera can be mounted for airborne
landscape photography. The result was a
modular cargo bay of 190 cubic inches in
an aircraft with only a 48-inch wing span.