Designing the aero part doesn't matter, wood or composite.
Desigining the structures is similar, but the wood structure is more
effort. Same with building.
Many of them end up with glass fuselages anyway so it's a toss up.
Both end up with carbon spars. That's a no brainer if you want to winch
launch anything. If you were just doing electrics, you can still build
a wood wing if you want to carry the extra weight. But building a
really strong wood wing takes a lot of material.
They all end up "composites" anyway. They all use epoxy to some extent.
Wood is just some cellulose composite structure anyway.
What's disappointing is the lack of effort on the composite side. It's
an american thing. Everyone wants to do everything themselves but doing
a full molded model works out better if you have different people doing
different parts.
S Meyer wrote:
At 09:55 AM 1/27/2006, Brent wrote:
"I have to admit that I do like the spirit
of events like Woodcrafters, if only in that it keeps the building
segment of our hobby invigorated."
Brent, I'm sure you meant that it keeps the WOOD building techniques
active.
There is plenty of designing and building going on, just that the
majority of it is in the COMPOSITE category, which requires a larger
degree of skill and technique.
Steve Meyer
SOAR, LSF IV
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