My Berkut(12) Project

Berkut Gallery


These are some pictures of completed projects which serve as motivation for my project.

Major Assemblies


Fuselage, strake skins, and wing skins sitting in formation.

Jig Table


The table on which the wings and canard are built on.

Left Winglet Load Transfer Area


We're going to cut a block of blue, polystyrene foam two-pound per square foot density. Cut it to fit and match the interior surface. The foam block will go from the peak on the exterior surface of the winglet, to the peak on the bottom surface of the wing, where the transition occurs on the interior surface. It is not as visible on the interior surface as it is on the exterior surface. If you have trouble seeing this transition, drill a small hole from the outside through the skin in two or three places to locate precisely where that transition occurs. That's where the compression occurs when the lift on the winglet puts force inboard and puts tension on the inside skin creating a compression load downward and outboard into the two surfaces in the corner. It is a very important load condition area and the first that is build on the wing.