Progress in Home-Built Sailplanes

Authors

  • Gary Sunderland

Keywords:

Aerodynamics, Structures, Materials, Design

Abstract

Consideration of all the factors involved showed that there was no particular advantage to be gained in utilizing glass plastics for the wing spar, rear fuselage, or fin of a sailplane. In fact, these major structural components are more suited to construction from rnaterials having a higher stiffness/weight ratio. This led to consideration of an amateur-built sailplane design utilizing mixed construction with metal and/or wood basic structure married to a srnooth exterior of non-structural or semi -structural fibreglass.

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Vol. 7 No. 4 (1982)

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