Build the sides as a rectangle, 90 deg corners. No banna boat problems, Virg
On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 06:47:11 EDT bearlk...@aol.com writes: > Mike, > Do it! Do lots of research, and learn good composite technique. My > fuselage > has no wood in it at all. It is last-a-foam and fiberglass in free > form curves. > There is not a corner to be found. I can imagine balsa would make a > great > core, but do not think of it as structural in the manner of spruce > (longerons and > struts) but at a sculptural form for your layers of fiberglass. > Go ask Burt Rutan if foam and fiberglass will go into space. Yes it > will take > more time. Yes it will be rewarding. And yes you may be flamed for > not > building a KR as per plans. But there are some great experimental > airplane builders > on this site who each have built parts of what you propose. Learning > from them > is great fun. You probably have found these sites already, but it's > a start. > http://www.dart-industries.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=65&I temid > =89 > > http://www.visionaircraft.com/ > > http://www.cirrusdesign.com > > Bob Polgreen > Nowthen MN > _______________________________________ > 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 > > Virgil N. Salisbury - AMSOIL www.lubedealer.com/salisbury Miami ,Fl
