This model is all about learning and experimenting with new things. It is a small electric-powered aerobatic plane, with extensive use of composites materials.
Since I started with this hobby, I spent a lot of time researching, window shopping at meeting and expositions. Sometimes simply planning what would the next plane look like, or how it would have had to perform. The A1-D model instead, was completely unforeseen. I wanted to know if I would have been able to make parts for another project with new materials, and I wanted to try these materials first hand. After a few tests, I had the idea of collecting all the possible upgrades to the Juliet and merge them into a fresh design, all while using the new materials and techniques.
The Juliet II prototype is more than just an evolution. Some ideas that I put into the design were in fact coming from the A1-C experience, but I started to draw from a blank sheet. As a matter of facts, the only parts which are really in common between the two planes are the ribs of the wing.
Although the external dimensions are still similar, the A1-D fuselage is almost twice as wide. This allows for easy access to the battery and all the components, even for my big clumsy hands. Having started the drawings with the electric propulsion in mind, almost half of the fuselage opens up with huge hatch/canopy. It still weights almost the same but with a better weights distribuition, while being several times more rigid.
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