I believe the RAF 48 in the plans are plotted from published coordinates, the model RAF 48 may have been plotted by some curve fitting analog program. I wanted to add more sq. Ft. to my KR w/o extending the wings so I plotted a 54" cord that is installed tight to the fus, the outer stub [48"] transitions to a 54" at the fus. the coordinate method work for me. I used autocad to plot the profile.
Ronald R. Eason Sr. Pres. & CEO, KCMO Office J.R.L. Engineering Consortium Ltd. 816-468-4091, Kansas City, MO. Jim Eason V.P, 770-446-1291, Atlanta, Georgia Web Page: www.jrl-engineering.com ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Serge VIDAL <serge.vi...@sagem.com> Reply-To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 13:24:23 +0200 Something puzzles me. I found by chance, over the Internet, a 'ribs generator' program, designed for radio-controlled models, wih more than a thousand profiles available. You just enter the profile type, the chord of the first rib, the chord of the last rib, and the number of ribs, and voila! You get a PDF file that goes to your printer, with "assembly marks" to help you glue the paper sheets together. I used it to make a RAF 48 profile, with a 48" chord, as per KR2 specs. The trouble is, what I get is different from the KR2 Scale 1 drawing. The KR2 profile is slightly thicker. What the hell is wrong here? Serge Vidal KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud" Paris, France _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
