You cannot use the firewall to shape your turtle deck.... The only real way to get the curvature is to sit in each seat and have someone to draw an outline on a board set up behind you and then play connect the dots......... Then this can be blended forward to the dash and foredeck and on to the firewall.....
That is the way the Blackbird was done......... Keep on keeping on, On 1/24/06, da...@alltel.net <da...@alltel.net> wrote: > > I used the template for the firewall to come up with the shape of both the > aft bulkhead for the turtle deck and the forward arch for the > windshield. After cutting it out, I just widened the legs to meet the > longerons. > > Dan > > From: "Chris Johnston" <chr...@ozdocs.net.au> > Date: 2006/01/24 Tue AM 06:50:00 CST > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > Subject: KR> cad file turtledeck > > Would anyone have a cad file of the front end of the aft turtledeck > profile to suit a dragonfly or rand robinson kr2s canopy, any form of > drawing file in autocad/turbocad/microstation etc, or even just some > measurements would do, I have the height and width from the plans, just a > radius that works for the corners would probably do. > _______________________________________ > 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 > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > -- Jerry Mahurin - aka - KRJerry EAA# 0034283 Lugoff, SC 29078
