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Old 02-14-2009, 10:30 PM
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Hello Guy's
I have a set of .40 size plans that I would like to blow up to .60size what the math work on this?
Thanks in advance
Old 02-14-2009, 11:21 PM
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About 110% - 112% they do it on the enlarger at the plans duplicating business
Old 02-14-2009, 11:59 PM
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Thanks for the help
so how does a guy figure that out?
Old 02-15-2009, 12:06 AM
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If you are talking about the percentage of enlargement, I compare the 40 size of a kit or ARF with the 60 size of the same ARf or kit and figure the percentage increase or decrease.
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A good wing area for a .60 size engine is around 800 square inches. Take the wing area of the .40 size plane and divide it into 800. Take the square root of that number. The number should come out around what w8ye recommends. Dan.
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For example the Goldberg Tiger 40 = 61" and the Tiger 60 is 70" then divide 70 by 61 and you get 1.15 or 115%

Super Sportster 40 = 55" and the Super Sportster 60 = 61" then divide 61 by 55 and you get 1.11 or 111%

Four Star 40 = 59.75" and the Four Star 60 = 71" then divide 71 by 59.75 and you get 1.19 or 119%

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Good examples, w8ye and Dan; it's information that can help lots of folks get the model plane sized as they want.

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I have a friend the built a World Models Robinhood 99 some yrs ago

He scaled down the plans at the blue print store

He has made a Robinhood 80, 70, & 50 and enjoyed them all

I have another friend that scaled up a 110% Slow Poke at Office Max. Installed a Saito 72 was a great flyer
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the above examples using commercial kits are a good basis for scaling up, but if you cannot find such an example to suit your requirments, then following might help.

when you scale up a model, the wing area goes up by the square of the scale up - eg scaling up by 20% gives a wing area increase of ( 1 + 0.2 ) x (1 + 0.2 ) which gives 1.44 or 44% increase in area.

the volume of the plane or more specifically, the material and its weight used in construction , increases by the cube of the scale up , ie 1.2 x 1.2 x 1.2 = 1.73 or an increase in weight of 73%.

this estimate will be affected by any major changes in material or construction particularly if scaling up to very large models, but for modest scale up it is a good estimate.

I keep the power weight ratio the same and in this example the power increase needed would be about 70%.

Working backwards from the requirement to scale up from a 40 to a 60 engine, simply take the cube root of the ratio of the power change , ie 60/40 = 1.5 and the cube root of 1.5 is 1.15 - that is a scale up of 15% which is similar to the recommendations above.

I have scaled up Goldbergs 42"cessna skylane to 84" and also Vic Smeeds Mamselle from 38" free flight to 72" and then to 108" for R/C and power came in just under the estimates from above, but I built them very light.

hope you find this useful

John
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All the above is for the wing and engine increase. What about the fuse enlargement? Do I simply add 44% to the 40 sized dimensions on the plans, the same as the the wing? The plane I want to scale up is a RCM plan "Northrop Eagle II" that has a relatively short tail moment (distance between TE of wing to LE of tail feathers). I have been told that due to this, I have to be sure to keep the proportion the same. The 40 size flies so well, straight and true with no bad flying characteristics. I want to get into large planes, so I am eager to get a larger version of this plane flying. Thanks in advance, Bryan
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I always just scaled up everything the same percentage
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Bryan,

the example I gave was for a 20% scale up which applies to all linear dimensions of the complete model - ie the fuselage length, breadth and height are all increased by 20%.

A 20% scale up leads to a 44% increase in wing area and an approximate 73% increase in weight.

I then use these figures as a guide to establish power and wing loading.

Hope this clarifies it for you

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ORIGINAL: John 38

the above examples using commercial kits are a good basis for scaling up, but if you cannot find such an example to suit your requirments, then following might help.

when you scale up a model, the wing area goes up by the square of the scale up - eg scaling up by 20% gives a wing area increase of ( 1 + 0.2 ) x (1 + 0.2 ) which gives 1.44 or 44% increase in area.

the volume of the plane or more specifically, the material and its weight used in construction , increases by the cube of the scale up , ie 1.2 x 1.2 x 1.2 = 1.73 or an increase in weight of 73%.

this estimate will be affected by any major changes in material or construction particularly if scaling up to very large models, but for modest scale up it is a good estimate.

I keep the power weight ratio the same and in this example the power increase needed would be about 70%.

Working backwards from the requirement to scale up from a 40 to a 60 engine, simply take the cube root of the ratio of the power change , ie 60/40 = 1.5 and the cube root of 1.5 is 1.15 - that is a scale up of 15% which is similar to the recommendations above.

I have scaled up Goldbergs 42''cessna skylane to 84'' and also Vic Smeeds Mamselle from 38'' free flight to 72'' and then to 108'' for R/C and power came in just under the estimates from above, but I built them very light.

hope you find this useful

John
john, very good.
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(B)limeybob,
sorry - coudn't resist the pun.

is this a commercial program or all your own work ??

john
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ORIGINAL: John 38

(B)limeybob,
sorry - coudn't resist the pun.

is this a commercial program or all your own work ??

john
John, Ha Ha, but you are on the money.

Yes, on both accounts, its on my web site, I wrote this in Visual Basic 5 about 5-6 years ago, so its a bit ancient but it does work, even with Vista, I use it all the time as I do a lot of CAD design work for RC.
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ORIGINAL: John 38

(B)limeybob,
sorry - coudn't resist the pun.

is this a commercial program or all your own work ??

john
John, also, it was set up to take the parameters from a full size aircraft, but will work for any scale conversion.

The intent was to be able to design a scale flying airplane for scale competition.

The software has lots of other stuff too.
Bob
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Thanks John, W8ye, and limeybob! I'll take that into consideration. I have a new workshop being built / powered now (12' x 24') and want to find a project to "break it in". I'll keep you updated when i start the project.
Bryan
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Good luck

Enjoy

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RCScalebuilder.com has some tutorials and threads about it, too!

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