SparWeb,
Can you say, "I'm in over my head?" Actually for the arithmetically challenged, AutoCad does help immensely! It's a bit tedious but do-able.
Determining the loads involved seems to be the biggest problem so far, but a spread sheet helps to keep things a bit more manageable.
Me thinks...
SparWeb
I just received my book "Airplane Stress Analysis" by Alexander Klemin. It's just what the doctor ordered! It will take me a while to work through it, but it seems to answer all the questions I had. (It's also like stepping back in time to see the "State of the Art" of the late 1920's.)...
wktaylor,
I bought my plans from them but they really don't support or offer parts for the aircraft. The plans are a conglomoration of revisions, many of which do not apply to the model I'm trying to build, thus the reverse engineering. Hale Wallace was a friend but due to circumstances I was...
sreid,
Thanks for the tip. Fortunately Aircraft Spruce is located about six miles from my home which makes my project a lot easier to complete.
As far as I know the airplane I'm planning to build is the only cantilevered wing biplane ever designed. It's called a Knight Twister and was designed...
Sparweb,
Thanks a bunch! I'll begin my search for the book immediately.
I did locate the son of a builder of this airplane. His Dad died about five years ago, but he still has the airframe (dis-assembled) and has invited me to take pictures.
The book you mentioned should 'fit my bill' prefectly...
I'm trying to build a small biplane originally designed in the 20's and modified quite a bit since then. I was wondering if someone could point me to a book(s) that would explain how to do tube sizing and stress analysis on a tube steel fuselage.
I'm an A&P and a pilot and I've built several...
