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Old 19th Jan 2018, 03:56
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Originally Posted by Bill Macgillivray
It does appear that there has been some lack of understanding on glass fibre structures!!!
T21, T31, Prefect etc. were great but, as you say - "Not the way forward". Surely in this day and age we can come up with an appropriate aircraft!!

Bill
Todays microlights sometimes use fabric such as 'Ultralam' on structures made of lightweight alloy tubing and which are very strong and rigid.
I used to love the smell of dope, but would it not be possible to copy the structure of a T21 or T31 using these materials?
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