FPV40xl Build Instructions |
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Description: Quick tutorial for the FPV40 and FPV40xl. Not a complete build video, but I show you all that you need to know to build it. This wing features a KFm2 airfoil made from 1/2 inch pink wall insulation foamboard and the base of the wing in made from a single 20"x30" sheet of foamboard from the Dollar Tree. Please refer to my Delta Pusher Build video for more details about how I build my wings, the exact same techniques are used to build the FPV40 and the FPV40xl. FPV40 Wing area 420 in^2 CG - 8.25" back from nose Wing span - 40, root chord - 13, tip chord - 8, sweep - 14 Make markings up both sides at - 0", 2", 8", 20", 22" FPV40xl Wing area 480 in^2 CG - 8.75" back from nose Wing span - 40, root chord - 13, tip chord - 10, sweep - 14 Make markings up both sides at - 0", 8", 21", 23" and that mark at 4 3/8" on the adjacent side Thanks to Experimental Airlines for the motor mount and fuselage ideas, links to his videos: Fuselage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xafg-o83L94&feature=g-user-u Motor Mount - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNWwgOYBfjs&feature=plcp 
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