2023/06/20 – House4Hack Meetup: Skullkey and Philip Modify the SpeedsterDen Wisel Design
At this week’s House4Hack Meetup, two of our members, Skullkey and Philip, were hard at work modifying the SpeedsterDen Wisel’s design. With their combined skills in aviation and engineering, they decided to modify the airfoil thickness of the design by 7.5%. To bring their vision to life, they utilized the CNC foam cutter, cutting out the foam cores to make the perfect wings.
Their first step was to design the modified SpeedsterDen Wisel wings. They used HotWing, an open-source software for designing airfoils and wings.
Design using hotwingOnce they finished the design, they moved onto the cutting stage.
To cut the foam cores, Skullkey and Philip used Pronterface to feed the GCode to the foam cutter.
Pronterface to feed the gcode to the foam cutter
The foam cutter was in action, carefully and precisely cutting the modified SpeedsterDen Wisel wings.
Foam cutter in action
After some time and hard work, the foam cores were finally cut, and the end product was fantastic.
The final wing – left and right – fits perfectly.
Final wing, left and right, fits perfectly
From this point, all that’s left is to build the modified SpeedsterDen Wisel, which they plan to do next week. We are excited to see what the final product looks like and can’t wait to see how it performs!
At House4Hack, it’s all about learning, experimenting, and having fun. It’s inspiring to see members like Skullkey and Philip work together to design and build something unique. We are proud of our community of makers at House4Hack and can’t wait to see what is created in the next Meetup. Stay tuned!
At this week’s House4Hack Meetup, two of our members, Skullkey and Philip, were hard at work modifying the SpeedsterDen Wisel’s design. With their combined skills in aviation and engineering, they decided to modify the airfoil thickness of the design by 7.5%. To bring their vision to life, they utilized the CNC foam cutter, cutting out…