If you are thinking of plywood skins have a look at  GAZAILE 2 on google
 Don laverick

> From: brian.kraut at eamanufacturing.com
> To: krnet at list.krnet.org
> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 08:45:04 -0700
> Subject: Re: KR> WING SKIN
> 
> I had come to the conclusion very long ago that the main reason that
> there are a million boat stage KRs for sale or wasting away in the
> corners of shops everywhere is that people are afraid of the glass work.
>  They do the wood part because it is familiar to them then as soon as it
> comes time to work with foam and glass they overthink things and are
> afraid to start.  It is really a shame because the glass work is as
> easy, or easier, than the wood work and the majority of people can do a
> great job with no prior experience.  There might be three or four times
> as many KRs flying if it were not for this self-inflicted stumbling
> block.
> 
> The thin plywood skin is intriguing to me because someone that has built
> the boat would probably keep right on building once it got to that stage
> and the way thin plywood bends I think you could very likely get a
> perfect looking skin very easily without the filling and sanding.  This
> could be done with a foam core or with built-up or plywood ribs.  Many
> other planes use plywood skins on ribs.  Not sure if any use plywood on
> foam or not.  I would think that ribs would probably be better.
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: KR> WING SKIN
> From: Larry&Sallie Flesner <flesner at frontier.com>
> Date: Tue, March 04, 2014 6:48 pm
> To: KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org>
> 
> 
> Someone famous once said " the only thing we have to fear is fear 
> itself". And so it goes with fiberglass. The only thing you have to 
> fear is developing an allergy to the resin.
> 
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