Steve Hosgood wrote: > On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 02:37, Josh Babcock wrote: > >>>>>>I'll see what more I can deduce tonight. >>>>>>Steve > > > Didn't get anything much done, sadly, but I have taken a look at your > fuselage images, Josh. Nice work! > > >>Just an update. >> >>http://jrbabcock.home.comcast.net/flightgear/colditz/colditz1.jpg >>http://jrbabcock.home.comcast.net/flightgear/colditz/colditz2.jpg >> > > > One small observation. It's hard to be sure, but I think the photos of > the glider replica show that the "riser" forming the back of the pilot's > seat is also the centre bolting-on point for the wings, and therefore > comes to a narrow flat-top under the wing, not to a sharp point as > you've modelled it. > > Looks like P.Reid's drawing (body_glider_plans.htm) shows it like that > too. It would also seem that the wing overhangs forward of the top-of- > the-seat bolt-on point too. This is where I assume the passenger was > squashed in. He gets a bit of side-to-side view in there, but not much. > > He wouldn't see much at night anyway. > > Other opinions may differ of course. Annoyingly, the photos from the > 1999 flight on the 'fiddler's green' site don't really have enough > detail in that area to be sure of anything. > Steve > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d >
You are correct. The pointy bit is there as a reference point for me to place the wing, and will be hidden once the wing goes on. It also saves a few polys :) Josh _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
