Aerowerx
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This is from a delta wing RC model.
I have seen this web site before, and have always been intrigued by it. Has anyone thought of something like this for a full-size aircraft?
Advantages? Disadvantages?
How about using aluminum instead of wood? Although one advantage of wood, with a thin plywood skin, is no rivets to disturb the air flow (not that I am trying for laminar flow).
Here is a picture of the complete structure. Note the outer surface is a sort of geodesic lattice, then covered with some brand of shrinking plastic.
And the finished model in flight.
[Edit]Note that there are essentially 7 spars instead of the typical 2. How does this affect the rigidity of the wing? How would this work for a high aspect tapered swept wing (with maybe 4 or 5 spars)?
I have seen this web site before, and have always been intrigued by it. Has anyone thought of something like this for a full-size aircraft?
Advantages? Disadvantages?
How about using aluminum instead of wood? Although one advantage of wood, with a thin plywood skin, is no rivets to disturb the air flow (not that I am trying for laminar flow).
Here is a picture of the complete structure. Note the outer surface is a sort of geodesic lattice, then covered with some brand of shrinking plastic.
And the finished model in flight.
[Edit]Note that there are essentially 7 spars instead of the typical 2. How does this affect the rigidity of the wing? How would this work for a high aspect tapered swept wing (with maybe 4 or 5 spars)?
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