Correct. They are basic conic shapes. The intent is to piece all of them together to construct a mold for the purpose of producing composite parts off of them. This is the lower cost but acceptable way to do it; if the whole thing was lofted together, we'd be talking about getting a multi-axis CNC mill involved....which could start getting pricey. Besides, the aero analyses we have conducted are based on said differing conic sections.edwilliams16 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:25 pm @LVAeronautics
A simple python script could import the upper and lower halves of the airfoil separately. This is likely easier in the long run that trying to repair and split the existing wire. Could you upload the file? The uiuc database doesn't appear to have that particular airfoil. I assume it is typical.
So if I understand you, you plan on lofting different but similar airfoils in short enough spans that the flattening distortion can be neglected?
I am nowhere near Python scripting...yet. I cannot simply place a line connecting the origin points of each leading edge to separate them...or is scripting what I have to do? @hammax , how did you do it on your product above?