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Old 06-27-2020, 03:22 PM
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This part of the drawing is a basic connect the dots. Only thing is the dots are the intersect points where the cyan lines meet the blue circle.

However; using the circle quadrant object snap command allows precise placement. Using a continuous polyline command for this part.

The Magenta colored lines in the attached screen shot shows how the quadrants were connected.

Copy & pasted the magenta line to the right. Use the mirror command to make the other side.

Copy & Paste the cyan lines using the nosecone point as the base point for pasting. Trim command to clean up the cyan lines, basic fuselage shell is done for this phase.

You'll notice that the rocket just doesn't look right. Correct! Will be creating some truncated cones to add the curved look to the missile's front curve. Will be doing minimum amount because these cones will add weight along with weakness of the joint itself.

The Front spike looks like a triangle, it too will be modified.

Interesting how it operated. As the missile attained approx. 600 mph, it had a front Tuning Fork device located inside it, the rockets own resonance was no issue but when it came in range of a B-17 Engine, it would vibrate at a different freq, causing it to detonate the warhead of 44lbs HE.

The fighter pilot could fly outside the range of the Bombers Defenses while controlling the flight path of the Ruhrstahl X-4. Ruhr Steelworks.

Wonder what the escorting Allied Fighters would think of this fighter just casually flying along outside the Bombers Gunner's range.

Photo shows the basic outline that will soon be changed to something closer to the scale model Peter has drawn.

Mike
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