Completing the wing
Fig 8.
Fig 9. The completed wing
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- With the Line tool draw a diagonal line to form the edge of the wing.
- Choose the Select Line
tool select the diagonal line with the left mouse button. Move the cursor to the middle of the line and cursor shows a curve icon. Drag the line inwards to create a curve, hold the left mouse button down whilst moving the mouse. Release the mouse button when the line is the required shape.
- Select the vertical line and bend this outwards using the same method as for shaping the diagonal line.
- From the Edit menu choose Select All. (All lines will turn red.)
- Using the Extrude Profile
tool to extrude the shape, Symmetric about workplane and add material, set the distance to 1 metre This means that the added material for the wing will be 0.5 metres above the workplane and 0.5 metres below the workplane. This becomes important when joining the wing symmetrical about the fuselage of the aeroplane.
- From the View menu choose Isometric
- With the Select Parts
tool drag the mouse over the drawing area. (The construction lines turn blue and then red when selected with the left mouse button.)
- From the Assembly menu select Set Component Colour.
- Select the colour required from the dialogue box
- Select OK.
- From the File menu choose Save and name the design as WINGA
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