Well, duh, I just "assumed" everyone would attach the ribs to the spars.? Glued, riveted, screwed, etc.? Lots of choices but they all work.? The aluminum won't "oil can" depending on rib spacing and the thickness of the skins used.? 2024-T3 would be a good choice for the skins and ribs.
Ron ________________________________ From: jon kimmel <jkimmel50 at gmail.com> To: KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 1:32 PM Subject: Re: KR> Fw: Re: WING SKIN You aren't all wet...the skin to spar bond is essential. https://sites.google.com/site/mykr2stretch/ https://sites.google.com/site/mykr2stretch/parts-for-sale On Mar 4, 2014 12:53 PM, "joe.kr2s.builder at juno.com" < joe.kr2s.builder at juno.com> wrote: > Hey Guys, I could be all wet here but I would think that there is a huge > why not. A major part of the wings ridgedness and overall strength is from > bonding the fiberglass cloth to the wing spars and forming a true composit > structure. I do not see how you would acheive this with a aluminum skin. I > do see the chance that it would work with plywood skin bonded to the ribs > and spars.Joe Horton, Coopersburg, PA > > Bob, > > Sure, why not?? Form your ribs, slide them onto the spars and rivet > the skins onto the ribs. > > Ron > > > > ________________________________ > From: Robert Boyd <iflyexp at gmail.com> > To: KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> > Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 8:13 AM > Subject: Re: KR> WING SKIN > > > Bill I look forward to hearing replies. I am considering the weight > difference of possibly using aluminum for ribs and skins? Couldn't someone > make one piece ribs that would slide onto the spars then rivet sheet skins > onto them? > Bob Frazeysburg Ohio > > > > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 8:03 AM, ol' weirdo <wmiweir at gmail.com> wrote: > > > From a fringer. > > > > Has anyone skinned the wing of his KR with aluminum sheet glued to the > foam > > the way titan build their wings? > > > > Bill Weir > > _______________________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to > change > > options > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options > ____________________________________________________________ > How to Stay Asleep All Night > Try this one weird trick to put your sleep troubles to rest. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/531620c85b1a820c82b3fst03duc > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options
