One of the key benefits of composite construction is having hidden antennas. Any metal skin means that you have to keep your antennas external to maintain a line of sight with other radio stations. You have additional complications of attaching the metal skin/structure to the basic wood airframe. Victor Irvington Alabama
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 26, 2012, at 6:49 AM, Robert Boyd <ifly...@gmail.com> wrote: > I sure appreciate all the response on my last question. What a > wonderful group you, or now I can legally say, (WE) KR2'ers are. I > have another one. The project that I am purchasing, KR2S, so far the > wings are not done. Only the spars are done and they are wood. My > question is, what would the pros and cons be of building the wings, > (ribs / skins) our of metal instead of wood or fiberglass? Also how > about using metal to form the rear top deck or turtle deck. > Bob > > _______________________________________ > 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
