01-12-2016, 10:44 AM
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Craftsman
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 463
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Thanks Mike. I actually used a 37" long starting point for the tubing and used a coupler. This gave me two things, it allowed me to get access to mount the rail button mid point easily with a flange head t nut, and also allowed me to put the coupler right where my carbon fiber rods go through to attach the ramjet pods which gives them a bit more robustness for landing. It turned out if I placed my receiver/battery in the nose with the long pnc from apogee components I only needed 1/4 ounce of nose weight so it worked out well. If I had made it shorter I would have needed more weight. My wing is slightly more rearward than scale for an A model, but I think it captures the look well enough.
On my other model the Shuttle concept I just used a single 34" long tube because that was easy and I didn't need any support in the middle.
Frank
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