I have no ribs in my wings either. However, I guess the tanks act as ribs to some degree. Everywhere the tanks are not are sandwiched skins.
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my NEW KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at www.flykr2s.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 10:57 PM Subject: Re: KR> wing ribs > Albert wrote: > > > I have a very old and (not complete) set of plans for the KR2 and > > noticed that they call for 1" foam ribs on the wings but looking at all > > the > > pics on Kr sit like Mark/L no ribs are used. I'm sure some one could > > explane > > why this is so > > I'm the only guy I know of that's not using ribs. They're not a bad idea, > but with my sandwich construction and carbon fiber skin, I didn't think I > needed them, and so far I've been right. But for the weight, it's not a bad > investment... > > Mark Langford, Harvest, AL > see homebuilt airplane at http://www.N56ML.com > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > > > _______________________________________ > 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
