rc design software

[Sven Goosen]

(x-post reason: designing hovercraft.. is both air/water craft :-)

Hi all,

I'm going to design a RC hovercraft. But instead of using the old calculator
and paper (and pencil), I want to use the computer to design it.

Is there any software available to design RC crafts? (or maybe a program
that's made to design the 'real' thing)

A program I found is: Winfoil.

I kow that the industrie for the real things is using computers as well, is
there any software available that looks the same (3D designs etc. maybe even
airodinamics simulation) and has the same quality?

Any tip is welcome, doen't have to be free software. (I'm willing to pay for
it)

Many thanks,
Sven Goosen
(Holland)

[John Alt]

In article <1048v61jkke4159@corp.supernews.com>, sven@goosen-demon.nl
says...
> (x-post reason: designing hovercraft.. is both air/water craft :-)
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm going to design a RC hovercraft. But instead of using the old calculator
> and paper (and pencil), I want to use the computer to design it.
>
> Is there any software available to design RC crafts? (or maybe a program
> that's made to design the 'real' thing)
>
> A program I found is: Winfoil.
>
> I kow that the industrie for the real things is using computers as well, is
> there any software available that looks the same (3D designs etc. maybe even
> airodinamics simulation) and has the same quality?
>
> Any tip is welcome, doen't have to be free software. (I'm willing to pay for
> it)
>

I haven't seen anything on it. Most of the R&D done in this field that
would involve computers doesn't scale well to our designs. I've got some
engineering books covering designs. While the concepts are the same, the
charts and graphs all have exponential or geometric slopes that don't
extend into our size range. I doubt anything is available without doing
some tweaking on it.

[Clive Croucher]

One excellent program for this job is Autocad which is professional computer
aided design software, reasonably priced if you are a millionaire at around
£3,500

There are a range of much lower priced programs Ityped Computer Aided Design
Software in Google and found 100's

Clive




"Sven Goosen" <sven@goosen-demon.nl> wrote in message
news:1048v61jkke4159@corp.supernews.com...
> (x-post reason: designing hovercraft.. is both air/water craft :-)
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm going to design a RC hovercraft. But instead of using the old
calculator
> and paper (and pencil), I want to use the computer to design it.
>
> Is there any software available to design RC crafts? (or maybe a program
> that's made to design the 'real' thing)
>
> A program I found is: Winfoil.
>
> I kow that the industrie for the real things is using computers as well,
is
> there any software available that looks the same (3D designs etc. maybe
even
> airodinamics simulation) and has the same quality?
>
> Any tip is welcome, doen't have to be free software. (I'm willing to pay
for
> it)
>
> Many thanks,
> Sven Goosen
> (Holland)
>
>
>
>

[Mike]

Used to be a free 2D version of Turbo Cad available for download.

It works fine, and one sure can't complain on the price.

Mike

"Clive Croucher" <tuesday@oxenwood.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c285d7$l3r$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> One excellent program for this job is Autocad which is professional
computer
> aided design software, reasonably priced if you are a millionaire at
around
> £3,500
>
> There are a range of much lower priced programs Ityped Computer Aided
Design
> Software in Google and found 100's
>
> Clive
>
>
>
>
> "Sven Goosen" <sven@goosen-demon.nl> wrote in message
> news:1048v61jkke4159@corp.supernews.com...
> > (x-post reason: designing hovercraft.. is both air/water craft :-)
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm going to design a RC hovercraft. But instead of using the old
> calculator
> > and paper (and pencil), I want to use the computer to design it.
> >
> > Is there any software available to design RC crafts? (or maybe a program
> > that's made to design the 'real' thing)
> >
> > A program I found is: Winfoil.
> >
> > I kow that the industrie for the real things is using computers as well,
> is
> > there any software available that looks the same (3D designs etc. maybe
> even
> > airodinamics simulation) and has the same quality?
> >
> > Any tip is welcome, doen't have to be free software. (I'm willing to pay
> for
> > it)
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Sven Goosen
> > (Holland)
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[Mark Stevens]

"Sven Goosen" <sven@goosen-demon.nl> wrote in message
news:104b7i4gdei3h38@corp.supernews.com...
> "John Alt" <JohnAltDoesntneedSpam@charter.net> schreef in bericht
> > In article <1048v61jkke4159@corp.supernews.com>, sven@goosen-demon.nl
> > says...
> > > (x-post reason: designing hovercraft.. is both air/water craft :-)
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm going to design a RC hovercraft. But instead of using the old
> calculator
> > > and paper (and pencil), I want to use the computer to design it.
> > >
> > > Is there any software available to design RC crafts? (or maybe a
program
> > > that's made to design the 'real' thing)


Sorry..........but I still prefer good old fashioned pencil, calculator,
ruler and draughting paper for this type of work.....can't beat it

My last set of Plans I drew were for an A-90 Orljonok
Ekranoplan.........length of the model is 9 & 1/2 feet....done by the very
method I prefer.
Yes I do have a very big table too....!!!

Regards........Mark.


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