ORIGINAL: patternflyer76
It would be possible to use CF rod in the wings. The advantage of doing so would be that you would not have to fully sheet the wings. It would be strong/rigid enough to just sheet the LE and TE with 3'' wide and then cap the ribs. You could save a good amount of weight, but you would have to cover with film or something different than FG cloth to span the rib bays.
Just a thought.
Kevin Clark
Agree with everything Kevin says about the rigidity since on a sheeting wing, most of the strength comes from the sheeting,a nd if you decided to have a Taurus look by not sheeting to save weight, that would be a good way to do it. That being said, our goal was to
duplicate the exterior look of the Simla, while trying to make it as light as possible without compromising that look. A Simla wing that wasn't fully sheeted would be contrary to that goal.
I will start the wing later tonight...looks like billberry got ahead of me again while I was at an SPA contest in Chattanooga, Tn. I lost my primary plane the day before the contest, just before leaving, (you know...one more flight, then we'll leave). Using my back up King Altair that I had only flown a handful of times didn't lend itself for having a good showing...too much good competition.
Duane