Got the top of the fuselage skinned and since I won't have a rear windshield, I decided to build a removable cargo area made from foam board. Foam board is all the rage in the rc community.its gonna be awesome!

Foam board is great for rc! But i dont think after having worked with it i would use any other foamboard on my plane! Seriously im sure you know what it is but consider it!

https://store.flitetest.com/flite-test-waterresistant-foam-board-by-adams-25-pack-flt-2050/p674259

My experience is that light foams, covered on both sides with either glass fiber or carbon fiber can be a very good building method under two conditions:  First you need to either use it where it has no effect on the basic strength of the aircraft or be a really good structural analyst prepared to do testing to inform your calculations.  Second, it is a good idea to limit it to structures which are unlikely to be exposed to non-distributed point loads.

I would recommend getting a copy of Burt Rutan's straight forward practical book: Moldless Composite Sandwich Aircraft Construction.

I would think for constructing a cargo area it would be a very good solution.

I would also point out that a "fastback" fuselage with a continous flow off the wing would be expected to be a little faster than the normal Hi-Max with the wrap aroud windows.  Not much but a little.  Also better flow to the empennage.

Tom

Stumbled on the old pics of dads 1989 rans coyote!  Got a bit chocked.up since he is long passed.

Back then they had what they called a sidewinder ballistic chute before the BRS.

The worst part of getting older is seeing the older generation pass to th other side.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aqYvOw1Au80

I got a lead on a used 277, if the stars and planets align , I can pump more money into team. Which I want to do.

Hey yaw watch is!

According to my new "revised" weight calculations, I was doing a lot assuming on the weight of certain parts.I tried to overestimate the weight of certain parts such as the teflex cables which weigh four pounds.here is the breakdown of the weight of the components so far.

Fuselage 95
Wings 50 lbs both "estimate"
Tail 10.6
Rotax 277 69 lbs
Struts 11.4
Prop 5.5
Lexan 2 lbs estimate
Teflex  cables 4 lbs
Paint and fabric 10 lbs estimate

257.5

Inflight trim and brakes are mandatory to a safe flying aircraft.

Your wings will be lighter than 50 lbs for sure.  Should be close to forty maybe less.

I can't remember exactly, but my wings were in the 30 lb.range. My right wing was heavier because it has a 5 gal. tank.

Quoted from Greg Doe

I can't remember exactly, but my wings were in the 30 lb.range. My right wing was heavier because it has a 5 gal. tank.

That sounds close to what I am seeing. Installing the aileron nose ribs. Trump needs to increase the part 103 weight to 300 lbs for us peasents. Haha

Cant tell from the images, but how does Team handle washout?

There isn't any washout.  On a rectangular wing where the section is constant the outer part of the wing will stall last anyway, so washout would just reduce lift.  

By the way this is a complex subject which we are still learning a lot about.  Some of the original research which seemed to advise washout on certain types of wings seems to have been based on tests in which some variables were poorly understood and thus not constrained.

Tom

Regarding washout, the rectangular planform wing naturally stalls root to tip.  This is because of span-wise airflow resulting in greater angle of attack at the root than at the tip.  Near the root, the airflow is nearly straight back and the apparent angle of attack is close to the true angle.  Near the root, the airflow is angled outward so, for the same height of the leading edge, the air travels further to the trailing edge. By comparison, for a tapered wing with no washout, the air near the tip travels a shorter distance to reach the trailing edge so the true angle of attack at the tip is greater than that at the root and the wing stalls tip to root.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WFcW5-1NP60. Airflow in a stall.

Fabulous Info Bob.  I guess it could however, be tempered by each design predicated by flight test... fuselage and prop blast interference and use of wing tip droop tip/fences etc (that would change the upper surface flow patterns).  The previous rectangular wings  I was familiar with (Piper Cub and Kitfox) all have washout added, hence the question.  Thanks for the clarification.

Quoted from LSaupe

  The previous rectangular wings  I was familiar with (Piper Cub and Kitfox) all have washout added, hence the question.  Thanks for the clarification.

Those planes probably have excellent roll control deep into a stall.  The Maxes also have full-span ailerons and the wing likely will not stall completely across the span until the airspeed is absurdly low and the elevator loses power.

Operation swiss cheese in full effect. Ads-b receiver removed along with the battery that powers it.

Operation swiss cheese!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ_7br_3y54  hey yaw watch this. Lol

I am a person of faith and science

I got outbid at the last 5 minutes over the engine I wanted from some ahole. https://www.gofundme.com/TheTrumpWall I will fund team and what american people want. Sorry to get political

Himax will be flying by spring of 2019. I got half of the nose ribs cut out. Free chocalte butt holes for everyone! Merry Christmas my friends!
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg1278zbTuw

Merry Christmas!

Got all the nose ribs cut out minus the 1/4" plywood doublers. Also received elevator trim tab kit from team.

Quoted from Ricardo

Doing a great job!
Just make sure you sand off those edges before covering the wing

Thanks ricardo I took care of that before hand to make things easier.

Put the max on a diet. This keto diet might be adding weight.

Quoted from Ricardo

Doing a great job!
Just make sure you sand off those edges before covering the wing

In the covering process, how is that surface discontinuity handled?  Does the high spot result in near fabric unsupported for a distance, or is the fabric laid over the bump and glued down (to the high and low areas, so that the bump remains high relative to the final nearby fabric surface)?

Thanks for posting Recardo!