Carbon Fiber Plane Wing

The wing described in the journal soft robotics is made up of small carbon fiber parts that intersect to form a flexible lightweight lattice that s still stiff in all the right directions.

Carbon fiber plane wing.

This design is going to have a v tail so the elevator has no hinge. Carbon fiber is not only stronger than the balsa wood and plastic used in other model airplanes but is also light and flexible. Available in three sizes a 20cc 30cc and 50cc size. The internal structures of most wings are made up of spars and stringers running spanwise and ribs and formers or bulkheads running chordwise leading edge to trailing edge.

I have actually built a whole wing this way. The kevlar is used to create a hinges for the aileron and rudder. It requires quite a few different materials to build a composite wing though the end product is only composed of. The fiber glider is made out of aircraft grade carbon fiber for the fuselage wing and tail.

Feel free to browse our gallery and find out what we do and how your aircraft can lighten up. Carbon fiber consists of thin strong crystalline filaments composed of nearly pure carbon. Redwingrc carbon fiber wing tubes are strong and light weight exactly the way it should be. They provide your wings with a lot of strength so you can fly till your heart s content without adding any extra weight.

Wings made entirely of carbon fiber or other composite materials exist as well as wings made of a combination of materials for maximum strength to weight performance. Also most of my ep foam planes i use c f tow and fiberglass on the leading edge of the wing then smooth it down with wax paper. If the tube or rod won t fit the contour i use carbon fiber tow layed into a slot then wetted out with 30 or better yet 60 minute epoxy. It is over 1 000 times stronger than the foam used in most rc planes.

I carbon fiber most of my planes.