We are a group of engineering students of the KU Leuven who participate at the international Air Cargo Challenge 2015! This is a competition where several European (and non-European) teams design and build a radio controlled model airplane. The airplane has to take-off with a payload that is as heavy as possible while still being able to fly as fast as possible. This year the competition will take place in Stuttgart (Germany) from the 6th till the 10th of August.
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Landing Gear, Fuselage and Flaps
Things are finally falling into place. In the above picture you can see the total length of the fuselage. On the left side the motor and propeller are attached to the fuselage by a piece, 3D printed in FabLab.
The Tubtaras will be used to attach the fuselage to the landing gear. Next week we're paying a visit to Dejond again to help us. The picture above shows the placing of the Tubtaras on the fuselage.
We are still working on our final wings, but that doesn't keep us from playing around with the styrofoam wings we cut out at the very beginning of our project. Last week we tried to cut out flaps, so when we have to do it for real on the real wings, it won't be the first time we have to do it!
It still needs some tweaking, but this is what the lading gear will look like more or less. Of course the carbon tube of the back wheels needs to be adjusted, but it can drive already, hooray!
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