PARIS team cracks Vulture 1-X wing

Knocks together proof of concept structure

By Lester Haines • Get more from this author

Posted in PARIS, 25th August 2010 14:26 GMT

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The trailing edge is even flimsier, so cue some spacer struts to keep it in good shape:

Spacing straws between the ribs at the trailing edge

It was also important to add some diagonal reinforcement to stop the spars skewing:

Diagonal reinforcement between the spar straws

Finally, we used some paper to form the leading and trailing edges:

We're pretty pleased with the result, and for the record the whole section of wing shown above is a featherweight 10 grammes.

We'll certainly need to construct the final wings in a jig, so our next task is to put that together and get on with giving the Vulture 1-X some lift. ®

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