From my PhD results I have values for the flexural stiffness of each wing bone. I have scaled these values to half size and am making up bundles of carbon fibre rods to replicate these values. It’s a bit trial and error. First I measure the stiffness of the individual rods (by clamping samples to…
Month: September 2017
Back to work
After a long silence – trip to South America, sailing, catching up… I have started on new wing membranes for the he pterofly project, and a new wing spar to make the pair. Carbon rods coming any day and now just confirming the membrane properties by making up samples for tension testing.