Sometime during the late 70's - late 80's, EAA chapter 524 at FDK sponsored fly-ins including the first weekend long RV forums, and we were invited judges at the mid-Atlantic Fly-ins some years.
At this date, it all runs together in memory, but i do recall that a gentleman, from IIRC Delaware, sometimes showed up in a wooden spar S2. I can't recall if the entire wing was wood, though in retrospect that seems most likely. He had responded to the early reports of wing failures by engineering his own spar per other fatigue-proof wooden spar acro machines.
Does anyone else recall the airplane?
Does it still exist?
This is mere idle curiosity. If i get so perverse as to change wings on my S2, it will most likely be with RV3 wings.
As a professional woodworker, the thought of the time to build wooden wings just daunts me. So this is mostly a historical interest.
That said, the thought of making a landing gear our of ash has always intrigued me. It could save a few lbs. be easily aerodynamically shaped, and have an internal passage built in for the brake lines. Bet it wood be worth a couple/3 knots over unfaired stock. I have knot yet hit the books to work out sections; that too seems an idle curiosity so far.
smt
At this date, it all runs together in memory, but i do recall that a gentleman, from IIRC Delaware, sometimes showed up in a wooden spar S2. I can't recall if the entire wing was wood, though in retrospect that seems most likely. He had responded to the early reports of wing failures by engineering his own spar per other fatigue-proof wooden spar acro machines.
Does anyone else recall the airplane?
Does it still exist?
This is mere idle curiosity. If i get so perverse as to change wings on my S2, it will most likely be with RV3 wings.
As a professional woodworker, the thought of the time to build wooden wings just daunts me. So this is mostly a historical interest.
That said, the thought of making a landing gear our of ash has always intrigued me. It could save a few lbs. be easily aerodynamically shaped, and have an internal passage built in for the brake lines. Bet it wood be worth a couple/3 knots over unfaired stock. I have knot yet hit the books to work out sections; that too seems an idle curiosity so far.
smt