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Old 10-25-2011 | 02:29 PM
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Default RE: Composite wings, any advantage ?


ORIGINAL: anders12

A correctly designed and built all wood wing is lighter and stiffer than a foamwing and the compositewings seen in kits sofar.
As said many times, ''wood flies better!''

Anders J
based on the several composite wings I have seen to date....

Composite wings are heavier because they are simply not optimized. I doubt any of the composite ARF manufacturers actually employs an engineer to design the wing structure.

I could make a composite wing stronger and stiffer for the same weight as a foam wing....