Originally Posted by
monocoupe
Speaking of Luscombes and corrugations......
Here's a1/4 scale Luscombe aileron I built years ago to see how it would work out. Never did build the rest of the airplane!
It has a balsa spar and ribs with the skins made from polished litho plate. I made a simple press to make the currugations and it worked out really well. The rivets are embossed into the skins with a simple tool I made from a pair of needle nose pliers.
It's tedious but effective as well as being light and stiff.
Cheers,
Nigel
I remember that project. I think Don Olsen ran with your idea, doing something very similar, on his 100" WACO.
Being lazy, I'll probably use corrigation from
http://parkflyerplastics.com/cart/in...roducts_id=629
On my Cessna 195, I made them frok Plastistuct "V" channel. It was a lot of work, and the plastic added a lot of weight.