Showing posts with label cantilever wing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cantilever wing. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Cantilever (no struts) Carbon Fiber Wing shows greater than -4G test load

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Belite R&D Ultralight Aircraft sneek peak:

Here's what you can do with a one-off carbon fiber / titanium wing design (combined with some great chromaloy steel work on the fuselage).

What I am showing you is a Belite research project:  a fully cantilevered, strutless wing design, built using a 24 pound carry through carbon fiber spar (a fully custom, 4 inch diameter monster carbon fiber tube, with about