"A" brand mast + "B" fuselage/front wing /tail wing

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w100
w100
WA
284 posts
WA, 284 posts
4 May 2023 6:01pm
Assuming you can somehow tweak the different connection between different brand mast and fuselage, what to expect when you use a good mast with different brand "airplane" ?
ZeroVix
ZeroVix
371 posts
371 posts
5 May 2023 12:23am
Hold on, let me ask Chat GPT.
berowne
berowne
NSW
1560 posts
NSW, 1560 posts
5 May 2023 9:31am
I find this so frustrating. There needs to be a tutle style agreement between manufacturers about the mast to fuselage design. 95% similar but mostly incompatible. Darryl in wa had fun making custom adapters, filling and drilling new holes and building frankensteinesk foils a few years ago.
berowne
berowne
NSW
1560 posts
NSW, 1560 posts
5 May 2023 9:32am
I find this so frustrating. There needs to be a tutle style agreement between manufacturers about the mast to fuselage design. 95% similar but mostly incompatible. Darryl in wa had fun making custom adapters, filling and drilling new holes and building frankensteinesk foils a few years ago.
Panno
Panno
53 posts
53 posts
5 May 2023 8:45am
Yep annoys the f*$k out of me too.

I understand the IP in the designs of the various components but given fuses aren't falling off masts (at least not now slingshot has their act together ) and wings/stabs aren't falling off fuses, where is the benefit in not standardising?

Switching brands is a pretty expensive exercise so suppose it's a good way for brands to lock in their customer base.
w100
w100
WA
284 posts
WA, 284 posts
5 May 2023 3:48pm
IF using a different ""airplane" with a good stiff mast doesn't affect the system reliability/safety and performance (this is my question), yes, it's frustrating not having a standard connection mast-fuselage.

I think any foil is designed to be balanced considering the sum of the single parts.
I wonder if upgrading the mast stiffness (but with different geometry) results in a crappy stuff or what
Grantmac
Grantmac
2389 posts
2389 posts
6 May 2023 2:10am
I've built fuselages to do this and honestly it's not worth the effort most of the time.
That said I'll be doing it again
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