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Old 11-08-2007 | 09:25 PM
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Default RE: gp lancair wings snapping

Ahhh... Sportflyer:

The grain is supposed to run up and down. The purpose of the shear web is to keep the spars from coming together. The stress on the webs is diagonal and it shifts 90 degrees when the wing goes from positive to negative G. The best compromise, to align the grain with the direction of the average stress, is to put the grain vertical.

Jim