The problem I see with that method is that although the rods are super strong, they ate also very flexible. You might need to add some structure to stiffen them somehow.
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Subject: [Carbondragonbuildersandpilots] Wing ribs
Date: Mon, Mar 5, 2012 11:21 am
Nice work Phil and nice drawings Charlie.
I want to share a couple ideas.
1). Could you not make truss ribs out of pultruded graphlite rod. Just some simple pin jigs and use carbon fiber cloth at the joints?
2) I uploaded some photos that shows how I built some wing ribs. A full rack of ribs that really only took a few hours. The concept was to cut a slot and then drop in the spar. It all jig built and really pretty easy to do. Here's the link to our photo section.
groups.yahoo.com/group/Carbondragonbuild...m/777507385/pic/list
Both of these ideas are for discussion purposes for CDII.
Regards,
Karl
