How do the wings join together to make it cantilever? The specs list
width as 7 feet with wings folded. What does that mechanism look
like?
Steve Carlisle
Not shown in the plans that I have. I have no idea. It might be like
a sailplane where the spar fits into a socket.
Paul Lamar
The wing spar slides over the centre spar tube in a very tight fit .
I have been looking for a wing fold system for it. Bede built it
just so you could take the wing off rather than fold then others have
come up with methods of sliding the wing off the centre spa with an
internal leg holding the fuselage end of the wing up while you rotate
the wing 90 degrees and fold back. Then a contraption of some sort
straddles the rear fuselage to support the wing folded. This way fuel
and electrical lines don't need to be disconnected.
Reminder to oneself never to visit an internet site and not download
relevant info immediately .
Speaking of that Paul I have downloaded the weight and balance graphs
for which I thank you. Weight and balance is at the perimeter of my
knowledge and as yet I don't have a copy of the plans but still just
picking the damage apart.
Having great difficulty getting in to the nuts holding the top door
hinges on. Only a tiny opening in the box there and fuel and
electrical wires run through it. Have bent a spanner to 90 degrees
but still not sitting on the nuts . Plan b to be considered . Have to
get the hinges off to remove the front side skin. Shame a large
access door hadn't been built in either side for access to the back
of the instrument panel. Some have done this.
Mark Dillner
Mark, I have some BD-4 Plans in a tube minus page 4 . i do
not know the vintage or Model. Yours for Shipping costs if you
can use them. Page 4 is the fuselage side view.
Virgil N. Salisbury
The Rotary Engine free News Letter. Powered by Linux. If you want
off the list PLEASE let me know and I will remove you. ACRE NL web
site.
http://www.rotaryeng.net You Tube
http://tinyurl.com/beqqxas
Copyright 1998-2017 All world wide rights reserved.