You could also go with a flat belly pod, like on some Caravans. Basically,
just a taper on front, and back, with flat between. Curved corners, a
door(s) on the side. Easily done with fiberglass with some 1/2" foam for
the core, with some blocks in the corners to give some room to radius the
outside corners. Easy shape to make, lots more storage space than a bomb,
and less wind resistance, I would think.


I've been thinking of just that type of pod. It would indeed hold more
than a round, bomb-shaped type. Not sure which one would be more drag
than the other. And my plane has a perfectly flat belly, so it would
take to that type of pod easily. Now I just have to figure on whether
to build in Epoxy or vinyl-ester resin. I guess it depends on the type
of foam used, since vinyl-ester disolves the foams used in the eze's.
Most of my experience has been with vinyl-ester, building my Glasair.
But I guess with Epoxy, you are free to use just about any type of
foam? Aren't the foams used in with epoxies a lot cheaper? But then
I've noticed that epoxy resin is more expensive than vinyl-ester.
Matter of fact, for a belly pod, I can just build it out of polyester
resin I can buy locally. One thing I wonder about is the exhaust.
A center mounted bomb pod would be between my exhaust pipes, but a
rectangular pod would be hit on both corners by engine exhaust. I
wonder if the heat would eat through the fiberglass?