For a rotary engine end housing doing parallel roughing and
waterline finishing with pencil point cleanup to an accuracy of .0001 takes
about 3 minutes on a 1.8 Ghz processor computer and Meshcam3. I haven't used
it on the 3.4 Ghz quad core which would be faster but I have that one to run
the X-Plane simulator for the airframe testing.


At $29.95 for the flight
simulator with plane maker and airfoil maker included this is probably the
best value in experimental aviation software.This software has allowed me to
get an aerobatic 233 KIAS canard to glide at 58 KIAS with a vertical speed
of 380 FPM by changing wing incidence and canard location. Also useful to
establish CG limits and cruise speed numbers with fixed versus retractable
gear.

George grimes


George,
Do you think X-plane would work for a lifting body?   http://www.facetmobile.com/
Scrole to the last few pages to see the FMX-5 project.  Barnaby gave compelling
reasons for this plane at an AirVenture seminar this year.  Just a diversion now but
would like to build in the future.
Dan F