The basic structure of the KR-1 is that of the Taylor Monoplane, but with
flight surfaces made of foam and glass instead of wood. There are a few
other changes because the Monoplane has fixed gear and exposed cylinder
heads and most of them have an open cockpit. The similarity between the
two plan
WOW, some serious mileage on the topic! I have de-bonded and re-bonded the
wing skins on a Grumman Cheetah, very cool system very similar to hot melt
glue, Aluminum bonding is not black magic, and can be easily learned like
any other process, ( wet lay-up on foam?:)LOL ), it all comes down to
comf
Sorry. BD is not ply-covered, but is often covered in alloy sheeting.
Just a note: Many aircraft using ply-wrapped wings, like the BD-4 and my Osprey
II, have constant chord, constant camber wings, to keep the construction
complexity down. Repairing the skins is easy, and the material is resilient,
and absorbs point-loads well- it is a composite after all. Peter
If you want to look at aluminum bonding one of the best examples is
the Grumman Yankee.
For those of you that do not remember or have never seen that
aircraft it was built on Honeycomb construction and bonded aluminum skin. I
tend to agree though that if one is looking to use different
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