Each tail fin was made with a 6圆” balsa frame wrapped in aluminum foil, but later extensions and the elevators (control surfaces) were added bringing the final area up to 10”x9”. The tail was a V-tail, the two fins attached to the fuselage by a 3D printed sleeve, and angled at 40 degrees above the horizontal. Junker style ailerons extended from below the trailing edge, and fixed leading edge slats were mounted on the leading edge to improve lift. The wing tips were also sanded into Hoerner wing tips. The wing was a single wing with a span of 54 inches and constructed from XSP insulation foam with wooden spars inserted for structural stability. A small wooden cage would be constructed towards the nose in order to house a majority of the electrical components and act as a mount for the motor. The aircraft design features a fuselage consisting of two 48 inch pine wood beams running parallel to each other 2 inches apart and connected by spacers. Certain high lift devices are also used in order to increase the amount of lift the wing is able to produce. In order to maximize payload capacity of the aircraft a very minimalistic design of aircraft is required while minimizing parasitic drag.
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