I have worked all day on the SAAB 340B centre section. As discussed in my previous post, the wing centre section will contain the two nacelles, and will be detachable from the fuselage. I solved the problem with the wing being angled at 6.5 degrees too.
Interestingly enough, part of the aircraft cabin floor will have to be built directly on top of this section.
Another thought I had was to build the wing/fuselage cover out of fibreglass and use it to hide the R/C receivers etc. Another way would be to keep the R/C equipment behind the cabin door. Let’s see how it goes.
I am worried about the strength of the centre section, as all the force from the engines will be distributed to the rest of the aircraft through it. I think I need to beef up this area a bit. Hopefully, if I let the wing attachment tubes go straight through the nacelles, that will help with the structural strength as well.





02/10/2011
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