How to model aeroplane wings
Last week my friends ask me how to model RC (remote control) wings in solidworks? He tried to model by extruding the sketch but it didn’t reflect what the real wings. So he email me this picture of RC wings for me to look at.
After reviewing the wings shape, I told him he can model these wings by loft features. Let’s model these wings together.
1. Click New, 
Part 
and OK.
2. Click on Right Plane and click Sketch.
3. Sketch a center aerofoil profile at this plane. Click Line, 
sketch a horizontal line, click Smart Dimension 
and dimension the line as 6in.
4. To create top curve of aerofoil, click Spline, 
and sketch top curve as sketched below, to end Spline press Esc key.
Exit the sketch. 
5. For another aerofoil profile at wing tip, you need to create another plane. Click on Right Plane 
and click Reference Geometry>Plane 
set distance between plane as 10in 
and 
.
6. Click on Plane 1 and click Sketch.
7. Click Line, sketch a horizontal line on same level as first sketch a bit off set from origin, click Smart Dimension and dimension sketch as sketched below.
8. To create top curve of aerofoil, click Spline, and sketch top curve as sketched below, to end Spline press Esc key.
Exit the sketch.
9. Click View Oreintation>Isometric.
10. Click Features>Lofted Boss/Base,
click Sketch1 and then Sketch2.
and .
11. To hide Plane 1, click Plane 1 and click Hide.
12. Now let make the full wings, click on Mirror. 
Turn the wings to right side and select center face as a Mirror Face/Plane.
Click on wing body as Features to Mirror
and .
13. You’re done.
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March 28th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Hi,
I want to know how a plane should automatically align normal to view upon selection. A plane will align when I select the Normal button, but there is an option where it does automatically. Any ideas?
Dave
March 29th, 2009 at 9:26 am
Hi Dave, I’m not sure about this.. but what I’ve done is set Normal To as a shortcut at keyboard..
April 19th, 2009 at 4:19 am
Hi,
Like your tutorials, good work. Provided that you have done aircraft wings can you come up with tutorial how to draw welded tube aircraft fuselage? I have been trying to battle this for some time now but no success, always end up with some twist or distortion of some sort in the frame.
Thank you
Josef
April 21st, 2009 at 10:53 pm
You are a freak!!!! Excellent strategy and very simple. Thanks man.
December 13th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Hi,
i’m working on my bach.dgree final year project and it involves CAD and CAE. I use solidworks 2008 and ABAQUS 6.8. I’m learning it by myself since i have found no one knows the anwers and no one to teach me. I’ve drawn a honeycomb core and it was made from aramid fibre coated with phenolic resin. But i don’t know how to set the materials for the core. the materials database provided in the sw2008 have no aramid fibre in it. could you please help me??? Please..really appreciate it if you can help me..
February 17th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
I am a student at a Technical college and find your work very helpful with the projects that I have undertaken.
Thank you
March 3rd, 2010 at 4:51 am
Hi
Thank you very much for your simple tutorial. i need some help from u, which is I need to design UAV [Unmanned aerial vehicle]. could you help me to do design the UAV?