Proteus - an OpenSCAD slope soarer design
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This is a fast, efficient slope soarer, NOT suitable for beginners.
https://youtu.be/aQ_SdMxxsIY
Update as of 19 January 2019: the Proteusv2
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3366296
has more forgiving flying characteristics.
Update as of 9 December 2019: Proteus Plus with 1.8 m span, PW51 airfoil and flaps:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3967057
Note: this Openscad design has a large number of parameters such as sweep, washout, dihedral and many many more. Adjusting these parameters will result in a corresponding outer shell being generated, but may result in some internal structures not being correctly positioned, or possibly puncturing the shell, e.g. increasing the dihedral will cause the ends of the main carbon fiber tube spar to be exposed underneath the wing. These issues are fixable but overall it is a lot of work to get that right for all possible parameters.
Requires OpenSCAD version 2017.01.20 or later.
Update 4 November 2017: Added ProteusFlyingWing.scad. This source file replaces CustomizableFlyingWing.scad and fixes an issue where increasing the noseLen parameter above 90 would cause the hatch to fail to fit properly. Note that fuselages generated with this new scad file will not fit the original hatch and vice versa.
Default specs:
Wing profile: MH-45
Fin profile: NACA symmetrical, 8% thickness
Wingspan: depends on printer max z, 1040 mm for 200 mm, 1160 for 230 mm max z
Root chord: 200 mm
Tip chord: 130 mm
Sweep angle…
