I understand the blackbird was also designed using a slide rule !!!! Thats
doing things the hard way! Connecta dot sounds a pretty practical solution.
Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Mahurin" <[email protected]>
To: "KRnet" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: KR> cad file turtledeck
> 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, [email protected] <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]>
>> Date: 2006/01/24 Tue AM 06:50:00 CST
>> To: "KRnet" <[email protected]>
>> 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.
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