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Wood wing spars of multipiece construction usually consist of upper and lower members, called spar caps, and vertical sheet wood members, known as shear webs or more simply webs, that span the distance between the spar caps. Even in modern times, "homebuilt replica aircraft" such as the replica Spitfires use laminated wooden spars.
The prototype C.P. 100 was first flown in August 1968 and was followed by the production variants, the CAP 10 and CAP 10B which had revised tail surfaces. The CAP 10 is a low-wing cantilever monoplane of wooden construction, with the CAP 10C having a carbon sandwich wing spar.
The I-301 was a single-seat, low-wing monoplane, with a semi-monocoque fuselage, and skinned with birch veneer and plywood. [ 2 ] The I-301 airframe was partially made of "delta wood": a material composed of very thin (0.35–0.55 mm) layers of birch or pine wood veneer , and a phenol-formaldehyde resin known as VIAM-B-3, which together were ...
The strut-braced wings of the Champ are, like the fuselage and tail surfaces, fabric-covered, and use aluminum ribs. Most Champs were built with wooden spars. American Champion has been using aluminum spars in the aircraft it has produced, and has also made the aluminum-spar wings available for retrofit installation on older aircraft. [17]
Nine spars tested to 1 ton of load each. [5] Likely encountering a Junkers F.13, Bill Stout abandoned wood construction for metal corrugated skinning over a metal frame. [6] To reduce drag, the aircraft employed a cantilever wing without support wires or struts. This required a "thick" wing to build a spar deep enough to support the aircraft.
The all-wood wing pairs formed a single structural unit throughout the wingspan, with no central longitudinal joint. [87] Instead, the spars ran from wingtip to wingtip. There was a single continuous main spar and another continuous rear spar.
Overton Tailwind — One example built with a 25 ft constant taper wing with wood spar, foam and composite skin construction. [7] W-9 Tailwind The W-9L was introduced in 1958 with a constant-speed propeller, 35 gallon fuel tank, and a tricycle landing gear. [8] Wittman W-10 Tailwind Wittman W-10 Tailwind Tailwind with tricycle landing gear W-10 ...
Both wing center sections contained the 24.5-US-gallon (93 L) fuel tank, with landing gear housings on the outboard ends. The oleo struts were designed to withstand a 6 g acceleration from a 30-inch (76 cm) drop. Two hollow box wood spars were used in the wing and center sections. Duramold was used to cover the wings.