Yes I have a bunch of items that mention heat up and bend to touch the smaller tube on the other side and for that it would not be fun to model and trim on a tube at an off angle. I think I am going to take your advice and do as much as I can as a weldment and where I cant I just add the parts in the upper level assembly.Originally Posted by cwilliamrose
You can use the JOIN feature to add parts to the structure after first creating them separately but getting a realistic result may be difficult. My lower rear wing fitting would have a weld bead added where there was contact or even close proximity between parts and there are places where the sheet metal fitting would be heated and tapped around the tubes prior to welding. Modeling all that could be very time consuming. I have not done FEA on weldments but I can imagine the amount of time it would take to get a solution.
Did you draw the Pitts to have a pre coped tubing kit cut? Did you draw the entire airframe.
Marc
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