Wrinkly flat panels

ala TriMotor - corrugations

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Dan D.



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Howdy All,

Thanks for your thoutful replies. They seem to fall into three main ideas:

Thicker panels:
yeah. This will work, but for exterior fuselage panels, it would be
prohibitively heavy. I'll pass.

Building in some kind of "upset":
This will work. Breaks, as I described will make the panels stiffer. Another
poster suggested rolling in ridges that would stiffen the panel. These would
look kind of goofy, and have a small drag effect. I think I'll pass.

Spraying a urethane foam on the inside:
This will stiffen the panel and improve the noise level inside the aircraft.
It would require a fire rated foam such as "gator skin". Other are
available. I'm leaning this way.

Thanks to all,
tom pettit