Thought I'd post up here about the wing design for the Ludion I'm working on. I have had a good time playing around in the Wing Helper app just learning how to work with it, and what it can do. Really am impressed with it! While nothing is final yet in the design, I am pleased with the basic structure at this point, and will just be adjusting the dimensions prior to exporting to CAD and laser cutting.
In this wing as shown above I have 2 wing joiners, I have my main spars at 90 degrees to align with the wing joiners, and then the webbing between the top and bottom spars is actually a COMB as this makes a more desirable laser cutting and jig for our wing. This image with out the ribs helps show how the webbing is exported via the COMB. (Had we used the spar webbing option you just get a lot of little squares.) The notched COMB is much nicer.
The COMB and the ribs nicely align and make wing construction quick and easy. Put the bottom spar down first, then the COMB and then drop your ribs into place. The wing joiner complicates things a bit on this one, but not too badly. I may move the comb to one side of the joiner as a possible solution.
In this wing as shown above I have 2 wing joiners, I have my main spars at 90 degrees to align with the wing joiners, and then the webbing between the top and bottom spars is actually a COMB as this makes a more desirable laser cutting and jig for our wing. This image with out the ribs helps show how the webbing is exported via the COMB. (Had we used the spar webbing option you just get a lot of little squares.) The notched COMB is much nicer.
The COMB and the ribs nicely align and make wing construction quick and easy. Put the bottom spar down first, then the COMB and then drop your ribs into place. The wing joiner complicates things a bit on this one, but not too badly. I may move the comb to one side of the joiner as a possible solution.
