Looking for help on a school project in Atlanta ga

[torchmd]

Afternoon all! I’m looking for someone in the Atlanta area who can help my son and niece who are doing a project for their engineering programs and Redbull. They are building a flying machine and need some help cutting foils from 3/4 inch plywood. If you have a 48 inch wide Cnc and are willing to help us out, please let me know.

Many thanks!

 

[matthewsx]

For the Flugtag?

Red Bull Flugtag

www.redbull.com

Seems like a construction marker and sabre saw would be plenty precision for that.

3/4' plywood airfoils? Yep, that'll work

John

 

[torchmd]

Yeah, these are two engineering students. <shrug>. There are precision holes and I recommended hollowing out the center to lighten the load.

 

[matthewsx]

Looking forward to seeing it "fly".

Sorry I can't offer any help but I'm sure they'll figure out something....

John

 

[Dhal22]

Having a lifelong rc’er (me) chip in here might help. Make those ribs out of 1/2 blue/pink insulation board. NOT plywood.

I would think bandsaw/scroll saw. YES on lightening holes. Line them up and bolt them together with all thread rod and sand them flush. I live in Atlanta but hardly have time to build/fly my own planes……

 

[Dhal22]

Not me in the first photo btw, maiden flight was flown by a sponsored pilot

 

[Mauzinette]

For the Flugtag?

Flugtag is an incredibly fun event to follow I went to see it live in Helsinki in 2022!

More recently my employer launched a collaboration with Red Bull and we even had our own team in the Rautaratsu (Stalen Ros) event. And no, I didn’t get to ride

Veripalvelu Red Bull Rautaratsun kumppanina

Turussa, Aurajoen varrella, järjestettiin 10.8.2024 kesän hulvattomin pyöräilytapahtuma, Red Bull Rautaratsu. Veripalvelulla oli kunnia olla tapahtuman virallinen yhteistyökumppani.

www.veripalvelu.fi

 

[Flyinfool]

As mentioned, a marker and jig saw, with a drum sander to final size on the precision holes.
For something to fly, weight is not your friend. A full size aerobatic plane stressed for 12 G's does not use 3/4" ply.

 

[matthewsx]

You won't see any of the Flugtag contraptions at Oshkosh....

John

 

[Dhal22]

As mentioned, a marker and jig saw, with a drum sander to final size on the precision holes.
For something to fly, weight is not your friend. A full size aerobatic plane stressed for 12 G's does not use 3/4" ply.

High alpha rc planes are probably producing 50 g’s and just use balsa, spruce, lite ply and some cf.