I am in the initial planning of a small home built biplane. I have little or no experience in this area and have devised 2 wing construction methods. One is to use a carbonfiber spar with carbon fiber laiden balsa ribs and carbon fiber skin which will be thick enough to carry a good portion of the wing loading in itself, my concern here is if I have to access the inside of the wing in the future I would have to cut inside and would compromise the structural strength. The second I have considered is metal spar and ribs with a fiberglass or carbon skin which will serve mainly as a skin much like on the old biplanes. I could then cut in and patch and the integrity remains. Given these two options which would probably give me the overall better strength. (this plane is going to be non aerobatic but am designing around a high Vne speed for a biplane)
thank you for your help in advance
Jim
thank you for your help in advance
Jim
