I'm sure I will be crucified but here goes.
I am very fortunate to be surrounded by a bunch of smart engineers. Three of
them are aeronautical.
Most of them have numerous patents.
Myself, heck i'm just a plumber. Anyhoo, I was talking to them about the kr2s
plans I have and was asking them for any input about them. They said it sounded
like a nice plane, and should be real
nice to fly, etc,etc.
We started talking about the boat or main structure. On a whim I asked this
question, " why couldn't
you just build it like a long-ez but use balsa wood instead of the foam?"
Boy what a question! It was like kids in a candy store. At any rate, they
became real excited and thought I should try and do it.
By the way I was thinking of balsa wood because my father ownes one of the
largest phenolic mfg.
companies in the U.S. and has a premium supplier of top grade balsa wood that
he uses for some type of substrate for General Electric.
Now I have this problem of these guys calling me and pushing me to do this.
At first I regretted bringing this up, now it almost sounds like a good idea.
I really am quite lucky to have friends like this. Maybe I should try and do
it, what do you guys think?
Most of these guys are in there 60's and 70's, and own some type of composite
airplane.
They said they would do the engineering data for fun. Then build a fuselage,
and destroy it for something called destructive testing.
The catch is I pay for the materials. They seem to think, that doing the math
is fine but we should also destroy it and analize the failure. After it is
destroyed I would then start to built my own plane. It's not the money, I can
swing it, it would just take alot of time.
I must say I am a little nervous about it, But it would be sweet. Please give
me your'e input, it would
really mean alot to me. If I did do this, I could post the photos and info. to
the group.
What do ya think? Mike Johnson
