At 09:13 AM 6/29/2006, you wrote: > I have just finished the basic structure for the turtle deck > from wood, it seems pretty strong, I can almost stand on it but am > not game to try, it weighs about 4 lbs, with the ply skin still to > be fitted, the sheet of ply for the skin weighs 5 lbs and I will > use about 2/3 of the sheet, so all up the turtle deck from wood > will weigh about 7 lbs, my question is, how does this compare > weight wise to a composite structure?
I made a female mold and did a layup with three plies of light weight glass with foam and glass "ribs" at each bay location. It probably weighed a little less but it was significantly more work. Don Reid - donreid "at" peoplepc.com Bumpass, Va Visit my web sites at: AeroFoil, a 2-D Airfoil Design And Analysis Computer Program: http://aerofoilengineering.com KR2XL construction: http://aerofoilengineering.com/KR/KR2XL.htm Aviation Surplus: http://aerofoilengineering.com/PartsListing/Airparts.htm EAA Chapter 231: http://eaa231.org Ultralights: http://usua250.org VA EAA Regional Fly-in: http://vaeaa.org
