Nigel Hawes Tucano - for the slope?

[jonesi]

I'm taking part in the RCM&E Tucano mass build and it seems to me that while I'm making one I could easily make another at the same time - only for the slopes.

If anyone has done this already - what changes are necessary to make it suitable.

Any other comments welcome.

Thanks, Ian

[Phil Cooke]

Hi Jonesi, welcome to the PSSA forum.

Can I just check, are you making 2 complete models or making 2 wings? Its the wing that needs to be modified for life on the slope, as the flat sheet wing, despite the profiling, will not work well enough on the slope. A sheet wing wont produce adequate lift across a range of speeds and wont give enjoyment on the slope.

You could make 2 wings to suit the single fus, and fly that as a glider either by removing the prop or by fitting a folding prop - thus giving you both options of pure slope or electric assist when you need it.

This assumes of course you are deviating from the Hawes plan and making the wing removable, as drawn it is fixed... and if you do make it removable you might then need to add some 1/16" ply doublers to the fus, as drawn its strength assumes a closed box structure with the wing in place, it will be weak without these, particularly around the wing T/E.

Build a wing with a well known section like Eppler 205 and you wont go far wrong.

[bill]

a further question for a newbie ,if this is built for the slope ,is there a need to add extra wing span ,and a larger tail. plane ??
i get the changed wing root section , that makes sense ,but does it carry enough wing area ??
thanks bill s