Trim wing stabiliser
We decided to go off plan with the trim wing and stabiliser, having previously built one following the Uh plan for another craft we found that whenever we handled the foam it would get bruised easily and leave dimples, which needed a lot of work to repair them. So by going off plan and building a wing that is more like an aircraft wing it would be lighter and stronger.
Thanks to Team hover members Chris and Oliver for doing the design.
I have built another bench 8ftx3ft in the workshop for this job
I had templates for the ribs laser cut in aluminium to help me get as an exact size and measurement as possible.
Once the ribs had been cut out with the hot wire cutter , they were set out on the bench.
I have made my wing 7ft long and not 8ft as stated on the Uh drawing , the reason for this is because the doors on my workshop are 8ft wide therefore I would not be able to get an 8ft wing through an 8ft door 😂
I don’t think this will make much difference to the handling of the craft.
I dragged the duct over to the bench and centred it with the centre rib on the bench, this method helped me to confirm that I had the boom ribs/ stabilisers in the correct place.
Although this would seem to be a lot of work and effort I think it will be worth it.
