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How much do wings weigh??

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Bsky

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I'm looking at a wing that juts out 12.5ft from the side of the plane. Not decided if its cantilever or braced yet. If it is braced, the brace will attach to wing only 3.5 ft from the fuselage leaving a full 9 ft hanging out there. 4.6ft wide. gross weight plane 580lbs. Trying for 6G max load. Looking for thickness/camber of around 6 to 7 inches. What is a reasonable weight for the wing including everything but the skin and it is

(1) full cantilever
(2) braced as described above???

I don't want to bias any answers with my calculations, but how about 20lbs? 25lbs? 30lbs?
How much does a wing on an ultralight weight per liner foot (without skin) in general? 2lbs/ft 3lbs/ft?
 
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