RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] solid streamline profiles

[Alec Smyth <Asmyth@changepoint.com>]

Chris,

I already built my control surfaces, I milled them out of solid plastic. In
this case, what I am looking for is stock for building much smaller bits. I
need a wing profile that is only a couple of inches wide.

-Alec

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Horne [mailto:chris@chrishorne.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 9:12 AM
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] solid streamline profiles


If you're talking about horizontal and vertical fins, I'm planning on
building
mine up myself, since I already build all sizes of R/C planes. I've done a
lot
of research in the past couple of weeks in wing design, and have come up
with
the numbers I should need to move around the sub at the best efficiency and
in
the easiest manner.

I plan to build up the wing with standard balsa or foam wing kits, and then
use
several layers of composites to cover it. Fill it with sand, epoxy, or
something
similar, and you're done. (hopefully...)

-chris

Alec Smyth wrote:

>         Does anyone have a source for small solid aluminum profiles in a
> wing or stremlined form? I've spent several hours on the web searching
sites
> that cater to kit plane builders, and I found hollow extrusions that those
> guys must use as struts for landing, etc.. I just could not find anything
> solid. Material could be aluminum, stainless, or composite.
>
>         thanks,
>
>         -Alec