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Configuration of spar (or sole):
For some type of wings, you are going to build in some spars
or sole for rigidification. This menu allows to control the related
hollowing in a cut.
For a spar:
Click on one of the six icons, switch on 'active spar' selection, select
the desired type of cut from the for available choices, then fill in the
data in the fields 'Name', 'Distance from ', 'Thickness', 'Spar width l'
and then you are going to get a nice spar cut.
Caution : The switch in the field 'Spar width l' has 3 possible
states:
Not checked = Same width from root to tip.
Checked = Width proportionnal to root/tip chords
Gray checked = Width fully independant from chords
In order to insert some more spars, you just have to click on
one of the five remaining icons and reiterate the process of describing
the desired spar shape.
Here is the result :

If you do not want to leave a mark on the foam beds during
the spar cut, you should insure a minimal thickness of the spar (deep notch),
because of wire kerf.
Even with a low diameter cutting wire, the notch left in the foam is
wider than wire diameter
For instance with a 0.35mm wire, at optimal heating the foam melt thickness
is around 0.8mm (apparent diameter of wire).
In order to cut spars or notches without marking the foam beds, the
thickness of the spar should be greater than the apparent diameter of the
wire (which may be higher at wing tip for trapezoidal wing shape). Theoretically,
with a wire kerf of 0.8mm, a 0.8mm thick spar should not mark the foam
beds. Practically, that is not true because the wire is going to stay for
a while in the same area and make multiple pass to cut the spar. This create
a local heat accumulation wich radiate in the foam (more in the vertical
direction) and damage the foam beds (the extrados foam bed mark will be
more important than the intrados one).
With a 0.8mm wire kerf, a 2mm thickness spar cut leave a fairly acceptable
mark on foam beds.
For smaller thickness, as you do not want to refill the foam beds with
mastic, you may sand the notch manually (!), or use you cutter with the
help of scripts (see example),
after removal of the foam beds, or even perform two cuts: one with the
spars (discard foam beds) and one without spars (discard cores) and use
non marked foam beds for skinning.
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