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OK, so you want to design a sophisticated wing with compound curves, smooth surface et c. in wood.
But you don't want a cantilevered design (Wittman style).
You want to ignore structurally (if at all possible) the skin in the design, but you also want the skin to resist buckling, shear et c.
Could you place a light plywood layer between the caps and the outer cloth ?
It could be heavily lightened with (small) holes, especially in non critical areas (since it would not be structural), in order to allow for bending / stretchting and still provide a "guide" for the cloth.
Wouldn't it be simpler than incorporating enough stringers to accomplish the same result ?
Shoot !
But you don't want a cantilevered design (Wittman style).
You want to ignore structurally (if at all possible) the skin in the design, but you also want the skin to resist buckling, shear et c.
Could you place a light plywood layer between the caps and the outer cloth ?
It could be heavily lightened with (small) holes, especially in non critical areas (since it would not be structural), in order to allow for bending / stretchting and still provide a "guide" for the cloth.
Wouldn't it be simpler than incorporating enough stringers to accomplish the same result ?
Shoot !
