I had an Algebra once that used a tie-up between the two wings, set behind the wing rod. The tie-up was implemented with miniature eyehooks set into the wing roots. A small cable tie was then used to link these together. You had to cut the cable tie to disassemble the plane. The algebra had a hatch so that you could manage all this.
There seems to be an assumption that rotation of wingrods is a bad thing. In the event of a crash, the rotation of the wing rod may act as a fuse which may prevent the wing tips from shredding because they don't have to reflect the full shockwave. The Algebra, a fragile 4 meter monster, would shed the eyehooks in a hard landing so that the wings could disconnect from the fuselage (rotating the wingrod) and not have to manage the full shock. Jeb. --- Bill Johns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 08:27 AM 7/29/2002 +0200, claudiopapi wrote: > >but i would not suggest to do bent round joiners, > guess you could > >end up with a variable dihedral wing, as nothing > prevents the rod from > >rotating inside the wing > >really.... > >My .2 euros...:-) > > This is a very good point. What are folks doing to > prevent wing rod > rotation? I've seen two methods: > > 1) glue the wing rod in. (not my first choice) > > 2) drill a small hole in the wing rod right at the > surface of the fuse, > insert a small wire in the wing rod that goes out in > inch or two and then > fit into a hole in the fuse thereby limiting the > ability of the wing rod to > rotate. > > Any other methods?? > > Cheers, > > Bill > > -- > Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes > > Bill Johns > Pullman, WA > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane > News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
