Starman
Well-Known Member
I've been looking for a material that is smooth on the outside, is thin, and adheres well to resin.
My hope is to get such a material and make wings by putting each skin surface in an external mold, then laying up the spar caps and rib caps onto both of them, and the spar shear webs onto one of them, and then bond them together. the leading edge bond and finishing would need to be done the old fashioned way.
I saw this idea mentioned in the cheep plane thread (using acrylic) but found some other possibilities:
Nudo Fibercorr FRP Laminates
Fiberlite Prelaminated FRP Laminate bonded to 1/4" ply min, too heavy?
what would be ideal is those 4 X 10 panels bare, with nothing bonded to them yet
something like this, only thinner: White Fiberglass Sheet
maybe plywood is best?
My hope is to get such a material and make wings by putting each skin surface in an external mold, then laying up the spar caps and rib caps onto both of them, and the spar shear webs onto one of them, and then bond them together. the leading edge bond and finishing would need to be done the old fashioned way.
I saw this idea mentioned in the cheep plane thread (using acrylic) but found some other possibilities:
Nudo Fibercorr FRP Laminates
Fiberlite Prelaminated FRP Laminate bonded to 1/4" ply min, too heavy?
what would be ideal is those 4 X 10 panels bare, with nothing bonded to them yet
something like this, only thinner: White Fiberglass Sheet
maybe plywood is best?
