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So this is what happens when you set out to build a Beluga - it becomes a Delta III. Not much actual evidence here of a Beluga yet but I hae been working on the appendages and some preliminary bits and pieces. (Also working through a Honey do list that seems to be getting longer rather than shorter). Meanwhile the Delta continues.
I made the bow planes some time ago but since then there has been some talk of articulated planes. So this is a design for a simple drag hinge system.
These are the bits
And this is what it does
and
I discovered along the way that geometry is rather important. The actuating rod has to be closer to the axis of the planes shaft than the hinge point of the rear (articulated) part of the plane or the whole thing will flap in the wrong direction.
Thanks. I've been away for a while - now catching up. The Beluga is naging away at me and I will ahve to get started on the hull soon. Do you have any picturtes of the rear end showing the bollards that seem to be located in recessed pockets? It might be a detail too far but I'd like to know what I'm deleting before I delete it.
Sorry Scott I don't agree......there is no rear hatch it's a capstan.....all hatches Buoys are located fwd painted red or pronounced (don’t know the exact wording here) outlined in withe.
Where there are bolders there is a capstan….on her bow your drawings show two hatches just fwd of the bolders, trust me there is a capstan/sheeve in between the hatches and it's not marked on your drawings.
grtz,
Bart
Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. "Samuel Smiles"
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