Last Update: May 16, 2013
Here are the technical drawings which describe the airchairs I have designed, built, and flown. They are released into the public domain and are free to anyone for any purpose. Each aircraft is described by a set of 70 to 90 drawings which is intended to describe the aircraft as it was flown.
| 1. Technical
Drawings as Bitmaps, Viewable on the Web and Down loadable
For web viewing and downloading of drawings (in raster format, .gif bitmaps) go to my Picassa Albums at: http://picasaweb.google.com/airchairpThese albums currently include the drawings for Goat4, Goat1, and Pig1, five albums per aircraft. Individual drawings can be downloaded directly from the Picassa Gallery. See below for downloadable files which contain all the drawings for a particular aircraft. |
| 2. Technical
Drawings in Download Files These
down loadable files are in vector CAD (Computer Assisted Design)
formats, .dxf, .dwf, or .tcw (Turbocad, recent versions), except when
in .gif which is
raster (bitmap).
Goat1 drawings,
.gif file
format
..........................g1gif1.zip
Goat1 drawings, .dwf file format ........................Goat1filesDWF1.zip Goat1 drawings, .dxf file format .........................Goat1filesDXF2.zip Goat3 drawings, .dxf file format ..........................g3z2.zip Goat4 drawings, .dwf file format .........................Goat4filesDWF1.zip Goat4 drawings, .dxf file format ..........................Goat4filesDXF1.zip Bug4 drawings, .gif file format ............................b4gif1.zip Bug4 drawings, .dxf file format ...........................Bug4filesDXF1.zip Pig1 drawings, .gif file format .............................PigfilesGIF3.zip Pig1 drawings, .dwf file format ...........................PigfilesDWF3.zip Pig1 drawings, .tcw file format ...........................PigfilesTCW3.zip Pig1 drawings, .dxf file format ............................PigfilesDXF1.zip |
Drawings in CAD formats (.dxf or .dwf) offer a much better view of small detail than the bitmaps (.gif) and should be preferred for any critical examination of the drawings. Also, a modern CAD program can use the .dxf files as a starting point (template) for making new or modified drawings, or as a source of components (the individual nuts and bolts can be taken out of the original drawings and used elsewhere). Turbocad will open the .dxf files.
If no editing is intended, the .dwf drawings can be clearly examined or printed using available freeware. Autodesk Design Review 2011 is a free CAD viewer that works well with .dwf files. It will print full scale to paper when a full size template or part view is desired.
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