You do know that if you make them the way the plans call for and don't try to reinvent the wheel,you will be done sooner which means flying sooner.The spars in the plans and the ones for the AS50xx have been proven and they do work rather well.Again just a thought...
> > Again, there was never any discussion of using plywood for spar caps. We > were talking about laminating wood with the grain in all the layers running > spanwise. The only use for chordwise grain in spar caps is to keep them from > splitting, and I can't think of any reason for that except in an I-beam > spar, and the chances of the shear web wedging into the caps is still nearly > comical. > > (Note: the above opinion was checked out with both a mechanical engineer and > an aerospace engineer. Both agreed 100%) > -- > Steve > N205FT > mystic...@swbell.net > He who seeks will find, and he who knocks will be let in. > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
