StRaNgEdAyS
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Curious bugger are't I? :whistle:
I blame Needtobuild for this distraction, ever since he posted those plans up for sale I've been thinking about different ways to make planes.
The foam is glued between the wood rib/longeron and hotwired/cut/sanded to shape. Once the whole assembly is finished, it gets covered with glass. The example I have drawn, the ribs are 1/2" thick by 1/4" deep, with 1/4" deep layer of foam in between. (Projected fuselage thickness being about 1/4") I was thinking of putting 3 layers of glass over it.
Question time...
Does this method provide a good strength:weight ratio?
Anyone got any idea of about how much a 1sq' section would weigh? (just being lazy here
: )
Would it be better done with the sections hotwired directly out of the foam, stuck together, sanded etc, and then glassed without the wood ribs etc.?
I blame Needtobuild for this distraction, ever since he posted those plans up for sale I've been thinking about different ways to make planes.
The foam is glued between the wood rib/longeron and hotwired/cut/sanded to shape. Once the whole assembly is finished, it gets covered with glass. The example I have drawn, the ribs are 1/2" thick by 1/4" deep, with 1/4" deep layer of foam in between. (Projected fuselage thickness being about 1/4") I was thinking of putting 3 layers of glass over it.
Question time...
Does this method provide a good strength:weight ratio?
Anyone got any idea of about how much a 1sq' section would weigh? (just being lazy here
: )Would it be better done with the sections hotwired directly out of the foam, stuck together, sanded etc, and then glassed without the wood ribs etc.?
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