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Old August 25th 05, 07:37 PM
john smith
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So when this wing is subjected to repetitive high g-loading, how do you
propose to inspect it for damage and at what intervals?

Shin Gou wrote:
Hi guys,
I am thinking a homebuilt aerobatic plane and am asking for your
opinion on my idea:
The fuselage is of course 4130 steel tubes welded frame.
The point is the wing: I am thinking about using exact the same
Long-EZ's wings technique, i.e. solid form core+fiber glass cover. Why?
Because I think 1)It's much easier and faster to build than other
materials, no expensive mold, no metal forming, no thousands rivets, no
wood cut and making rib afer rib after rib after rib. 2)The Long-EZ
wing is strong. I read somewhere (may not be true) Burt Rutan tested
the wing structure to 14G and heard some builders tested the wing to
10G themselves, no failures. The wings of Cory Bird's Symmetry are made
in Long-EZ way and it's +-10G strong.