A thin plywood skin I was what I was thinking also. That would be easier than aluminum and would probably work much better. Aluminum might also give a lot of problems with oil canning and coming loose from the foam and/or spars as it expands in the heat. Of course the glass does that also.
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: KR> Fw: Re: WING SKIN From: "joe.kr2s.builder at juno.com" <joe.kr2s.builder at juno.com> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Tue, March 04, 2014 11:50 am To: krnet at list.krnet.org Hey Guys, I could be all wet here but I would think that there is a huge why not. A major part of the wings ridgedness and overall strength is from bonding the fiberglass cloth to the wing spars and forming a true composit structure. I do not see how you would acheive this with a aluminum skin. I do see the chance that it would work with plywood skin bonded to the ribs and spars.Joe Horton, Coopersburg, PA Bob, org to change options
