I'm not so much concerned about the aerodynamic analysis in SWx, mostly just overall design and structural analysis. We're working on a tube and fabric fuse/wood and fabric wings design, and I dunno what the best way is to model, ferinstance, the wings. You can definately do structural analysis on ...

To plagarize Monty Python..."who are you who are so wise in the ways of aerodynamics?" :mrgreen: It's nice to have an aero engineer around! Dave In the interest of clarity and complete disclosure, you should know that I am a Physicist and not an engineer... The aerodynamics, structural analysis and...

Hi Dave, I sure would like to get together with you sometime on the topic of using SolidWorks to design wings... it's something I've been toying with for a couple weeks, and it'd be nice to see how it's done by someone that actually knows what they're doing! I'd be happy to share what I have, but i...

It would seem that RV's flying beyond Vne isn't that unusual an occurence, so no I don't think it's a trivial issue, especially if you go into the project wanting to maximize the speed of the craft, or if you know you are going to be pointing the bird down hill with fair frequency... For me, the low...

I see... Dave, I mentioned this over in the other place but, howsabout the other design's flutter potential? Wouldn't it be prudent to do something with the control surfaces in the order to prevent this? :? CJ From what I've found, and I haven't studied it that much, it's more an aeroelasticity iss...

Dave, Spar location can be compensated for by adding or reducing leading and trailing edge length for the most part, no? I am sure that strength of the leading edge ribs and where the stresses are applied bear heavily on this and without having a solidworks app and some good user data this is large...

Keep in mind that it's not difficult to build a new wing that will bolt up to your existing fuselage, but when you change airfoils you possibly change the center of pressure and the pitching moment. These changes could be accounted for with 'adjustments' if building a new fuselage, but would possibl...

There is a blurb on page 361 of the '27 years of the RVator' (RVator 6/91) that shows the bearings being pressed in and out with a C-clamp and special tool...

I have no first hand knowlege, I just happened to be reading thru '27 yrs' and remembered this thread...

HTH,
Dave