[WWI] 1:22 scale R/C Fokker E-III

[Allan Wright]

On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 10:10 -0500, Thayer Syme wrote:
> A true butt joint to the outer surface will work fine. The only 
> advantage of piercing the side is incidence alignment. I briefly 
> forgot you had a laser, and would recommend notching the fuse just 
> enough to locate tabs on the wing root. Any portion of the wing 
> protruding through the fuse is just dead weight if the wings are not 
> tied together, so there is no compelling reason in my mind to carry 
> through. A well placed mounting plate for the brick should carry any 
> compression loads across the fuselage.
> 
> As long as you glue the rigging at the wings it should be plenty 
> strong. Consider that if you load it to 8G evenly, each attach point 
> only has to survive a bit over a half ounce pull.

Good stuff, thanks Thayer.