CHAPTER 4The Airframe of the Flack
If the deck is the soul of the Flack, then the airframe is the first of many bodies. While the airframes are remarkably tough, they eventually get soft after around 30 or so hard crashes. When that happens, a new airframe can be created and the deck transferred in the Brooklyn Aerodrome’s version of reincarnation. We have decks that have been reincarnated at least 10 times. Whether there is a metaphysical lesson to be learned here is up to the reader.
This chapter covers how to create the airframe and attach the deck to it. The airframe consists of the wing, control surfaces, and stabilizers. Just a few steps require precision: (1) cutting the elevon hinge and attaching it, (2) getting correct trim on the control ...
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