Okay, I am not totally convinced with this argument.
If the heat radiating from a really hot asphalt parking spot happens to delaminate your airfoil skin over and over again. The birds flights also impose repeated stresses on the delaminated skins. then eventually the skin might depart from the structure. I don't think an aircraft can fly only on it's "wood spars". You give the anology of the steel structure with fabric on it. well I don;t think the plane can fly with the fabric torn in many places. I am talking about the wing only... The fueslage might be ok. However, I wouldn't want to reskin my fuselage every few years. The pain looks great!... but I have concerns that it is an unneccesary risk for an otherwise beautiful job! my 2ยข Ameet Savant > I'm surprised that nobody's pointed out that > the manual says to > paint the thing white yet. My argument is that the > structure of this plane > is wood, not composite. All the composite stuff > does while on the ground is > help the airfoils and decks retain their shape > (kinda like fabric on a steel > tube plane). The spar and landing gear take the 1g > loads while sitting on > the ground. When flying, the skin temperature will > be down to ambient about > 100 yards down the runway on takeoff, if not while > taxiing, so it's not a > factor. > Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com
