Hi All, Since I saw Harley post a little while ago, I thought I'd tell you all about a project I am working on too. It will be called the lil' Genie. It all started awhile back while looking at Harley's Jouster 2 meter plans. I liked the lines and wanted a unique 2 meter plane to play with. I decided to reduce the fuselage area by reducing the plan by 10% and then stretching the fuselage aft of the wing back to it's original length. I sent Harley the preliminary drawing and he liked it so much he built me a fuselage ready to put a radio in it.
Now the pressure was on as I HAD to do something with it now. I set to designing a bagged wing for it and had Les Horvath cut the cores. It came out to a triple taper 2 meter wing with a flat center section. It has a SD7035 in the center section blending to a SD 7003 through the tip section. I had Phil Barnes do the prototype internal structure and layup and make me the first prototype wing. The layup is similar to the Mantis 2 meter with a 2/3 chord uni-carbon skin with Kevlar on the aft 1/3. The first wing is one piece and I'm not sure if I'll leave it one piece or make it a 3 piece. Pluses and minuses on each method. Of course it has all the usual Harley construction methods and technology. The only deviation was for this prototype to have a 1/2" carbon tube spar in the center section instead of Harley's tried and true built-up carbon spar. A concession to easier production. My preliminary flights were quite inspiring and work will continue. The prototype came out to 37 oz. ready to fly. Look for it sometime in the spring. See pictures at... http://www.isthmusmodels.com/lilgenie Thanks, Mark Miller http://www.isthmusmodels.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
