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Revisting thicker skins for laminar flow

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LHH

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Found an older post on this subject, hence the subject line
Question:
Are laminar flow wings/fuselage always impossible with aluminum construction regardless of construction methods?
Does no construction method exist to solve this issue?
Prebent/molded thicker wing skins, aluminum over foam or other substructure, spar less, high AR wings with small distance between front and rear spars etc... does nothing solve this problem?
Understand the solution may not be worth the effort or weight, but still wondering if a solution exists.

Thanks in advance
 
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