ORIGINAL: Ed Cregger
I wish one of you "honeycomb" fans would weigh all of the pieces of foam that you have removed from the wing and report the weight here. I doubt there is a 1/2 ounce of foam to be measured. Yes, the glue not glueing those sections "could" decrease the weight some, if you put the glue on the honeycomb and not on the wing skins. I've never understood the fascination with this technique, especially after seeing more than a couple wing failures because the honeycomb process weakened the structure to the failure point.
I'm not trying to start a fight, just a discussion. No offense intended.
Ed Cregger
Good Point...Reminds me of a story:
A buddy of mine was building a KitFox Speedster (Full Scale)...He's an excellant craftsman...built a few Aircraft..A couple of RV's and KitFox's...
Kitfox gave an option on the Speedster drawings to cut some lightning holes in the ribs of the Vertical Stab, Rudder, Horizontal Stab and Elevator (if I remember correctly)...He elected to do so...He laboriously cut out all the lightning holes in his stack-o-ribs...When he finished..His Wife (also helping with the build) picked up all the cut-out pieces and put them on a digital scale......They weighed 3oz...lol...He described it as one of those "I Told Ya So" moments...
Maybe ED has a point??
Have Fun...
Chuck
edit: Nathan...Your right about dhal22's thread...Sorry..