26" Starfire - Balsa build

[thenated0g]

Thought it would be interesting to see how this foamy does as a balsa kit. @Hawaii Sloper and i were talking about how fun his little 24" version out of epp was, but it was a little thin making servo installation a pain. So i was designing up a 26" epp version with a modified pw51 airfoil (10% thickness) to give a few more mm thickness for parts. And so i took that same silhouette at 26" and made up what i call an "angelwing designs" sparring style build. IE internal round carbon sparring. And to save balsa and making building easier i went with a clark-y for flat table building. Created with all carbon and balsa parts i can order from aloft. I need to cut it out still and see how everything fits but i have attached my current project file below if anybody wants to build/modify/check it out.

Figure vertical stabilizers will be figured out during the build process, same with electronics bay door etc.

Here is @Hawaii Sloper with the 24" epp version for reference.


@Wayne i copied your multiple ribs on the wingtips thing from one of your builds. Like that idea for sanding it round.

 

[thenated0g]

Ill keep this project file updated as i make changes later.
My 22% cg calc makes it 100mm from the LE nose

 

[GaryStofer]

Ill keep this project file updated as i make changes later.
My 22% cg calc makes it 100mm from the LE nose

What opens a WHF file ? _ any other Cad format you can export in ?

 

[thenated0g]

@GaryStofer we are in the winghelper software forum fyi
I have not looked at it at all, but i exported a dxf file for you below

 

[Wayne]

The DXF exports work well, I import them into my CAD program all the time.